Interactionist Sociological Perspective Analysis

In fact, most media content are no longer merely artistic and informational – they are meant to engage the masses thus to exert profound influence not only on individual development but also on social advancement. No one can deny that in the contemporary world, media, composed of dynamic and various platforms, is widely perceived to be the predominant means of communication. Noticeably, the term media is first used with the advent of newspaper and magazines; yet with the passage of time, the term is broadened by the inventions of radio, television, video and internet, which are all adapted as forms of media that bring the world closer to us. Indeed, media depends on its wild audience coverage, active public engagement and open, two-way communication to create a highly interactive platform through which “humanity, fully connected, collaboratively build and share a global world”(McLuhan 160).Without doubt, media presents a strong impact upon individual and society in the proc...

The development of human technology has enabled communication to break the restrictions of distance, and even invented new tools of shaping identity through the media. “Mediated communication, as it initially developed through the press and later in radio, television...

According to an American cultural forum, mass media is ‘the way in which members of a society are shaped, changed, directed, and influenced by their most pervasive forms of communication. It has to do with the ways in which the lives of people are reflected by the content of those communication forms.’ (Wrigley 244) It is one of the powerful social institutions in the socialization of gender (as well...

In the modern-day sociology has grown to be a large field with many different concepts and theories. However, the ways sociology is shaped can be narrowed down to three theoretical perspectives; the first of these perspectives being known as “symbolic interactionism”. The basic meaning of this lies in the idea that everything and everyone we know in life we symbolize in the way it relates to ourselves. So, for instance the way you see a best friend or even a father in your life is only a symbol or representation orchestrated by the society you’ve been raised in. Another common perspective is the idea of “functional analysis”. This entails that society is made up of one body with every standard or thought process being a separate part that must

How much does the media influence society? Sociologists have referred to America as a mediated culture, which means that the media creates and reflects the culture (Role and Influences). Society today is slammed with multimedia showing advertisements, talk shows, and news channel which promote products, moods, political views, and also highlight what they think is important (Role and Influences). Television and news stations can filter the inf...

The media controls our lives, and is powerful in the sense that it is instrumental to our sense of who we are, as well as how we relate to our environment and surroundings. We are very much influenced by what the media shows and tells us, because we begin to perceive it as the “norm”. Due to technology being so readily available, media platforms are able to have simultaneous audiences; the medium transmitting the message rapidly to a variety of audiences at the same time, ultimately reaching their

From a sociological viewpoint, social problems are viewed from an objective and subjective reality, and the perspective is social constructionism. A social problem does not have to be the problem of the entire population. It could be the problem of just one person. The objective reality of a social problem is based on the acknowledgement that there is an actual problem (Sociology and the Study of Social Problems, 2014). In order to confirm an objective reality, surveillance is conducted in which the data in interpreted to identify problems. The degree of the social problem can be observed through acts and problems within the community without having to be a part of the problem itself.

People are constantly saying that science is all around us, while this may be a cliché, it is true. Sociology is one of the many sciences that can be found in everyday life. A person who is older may often say “back in my day” referring to their childhood and making a point that almost everything in society has changed since they were a child. Well, a multitude of things have changed in society; however, that is something that is going to happen with time no matter what. Some of the innumerable aspects of life that have changed are mass transit, capitalism, religion, marriage, and technology.

'Making and remaking' refers to the way in which people consume, communicate and experience, and the way these actions reflect on society as a whole. Small groups such as the ones discussed in this work can be microcosmic indications of groups and communities at large, and can provide a reasonably accurate representation of how societies interact at large. Because society is diverse and ever-changing, connections and disconnections are made within groups and with society at large, and differences (which (Blakely and Staples, 2014, p.25) describes as “contrasts between groupings of people, such as those based on gender, class, age...and race or ethnicity”) and inequalities, (which (Blakely and Staples, 2014, p.13) describes as “The unequal

A theory, according to James M. Henslin, the author of our text, is “A general statement about how some parts of the world fit together and how they work; an explanation of how two or more facts are related to one another” (Henslin, 2015). The three theoretical perspectives (conflict theory, functionalism, and symbolic interactionism) are each separate views— stances taken by sociologists that help us better understand how social interactions work. Henslin says, “Each theory is like a lens through which we can view social life.” (Henslin, 2015) I placed the three theoretical perspectives in the order above because it is my thesis that conflict theory is the broadest of the three theories

When I enrolled in this course I expected to be academically challenged while furthering my ability to comprehend and relate to sociology in the modern world. Although attaining credit for this course is a devised component to earning my degree, the employing of such concepts in my immediate life is an unexpected achievement. This course has contributed to a self-evaluation which further developed my level of comprehension of not only who I am as an individual, but as an element of society. The concepts I have chosen to reflect upon have either reformed or influenced my thought process while further provoking critical thought.

“Sociological perspective is understanding human behavior by placing it within its broader social context” (Henslin, 2014). This is how we view the world socially, how people live in the world. It is also how culture and their values change how people perceive the world around them. It explains how it is important to get a college education in America but how this is not important in a small village in Africa. Different parts of the world have diverse cultures that shape their values and behavior.