SOC356Y1 Chapter : Reading Notes
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Technology around the world (robinson&martin: off time and television : tv has had more impact on daily time than any other household technology, viewing time little affected by the internet and other new technologies. reduction in radio listening, decline in time at the movies, and decline in book and magazine reading: social activities: outside the household. offset somewhat by increases in visiting or social contact inside the household: non-free-time activities: particularly sleep, grooming, gardening and laundry. work and more sleep and free time are correlated more strongly for men. childcare, shopping and social activities are correlated more strongly for women. Individualized experience: more sets in the home became available and more people live alone, more viewing is done alone producing a more individualized. Experience : i t means that tv has become less of a social experience, in which others can participate at the same time www. notesolution. com.
