https://padlet.com/baylabenton2/33ou4zihbgac29zf en-us 2020-05-18 18:47:59 UTC 2023-07-14 04:05:26 UTC hello@padlet.com baylabenton2 https://padlet.com/baylabenton2/33ou4zihbgac29zf/wish/580761852 This example was chosen because it is seen in many factories & in the military where manufactured electronic devices are created to do the work 4 people would do in one. It connects to the chapter because it is changing the world we live in dramatically. Society has to adapt to a new way of living around new technology being developed everyday,  “For example, auto manufacturers seek more efficient ways to power our cars, and advertisers try to convince us that life is not complete without a 4G cell phone or some other new electronic gadget” (page 489). People are continuously losing jobs to manufactured ‘robots’ which means more people in poverty or unemployment and more money for the business owners. 

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Trends could also be called a “Fad” which is defined as an unconventional social pattern that people embrace briefly but enthusiastically. It is dramatically increasing in the society day by day from where a celebrity was for vacation, what diet a model was on, the clothes a rapper had on etc. “Fads capture the public imagination but quickly burn out. Because fashions reflect basic cultural values like individuality and sexual attractiveness, they tend to stay around for awhile” (Page492). Celebrities have the power to make something big which is why so many companies team up with models, actors and professional athletes to advertise their company so it influences people’s thoughts on the company or influences them to buy what the celebrities advertise. 

]]> 2020-05-18 18:51:52 UTC https://padlet.com/baylabenton2/33ou4zihbgac29zf/wish/580766004 baylabenton2 https://padlet.com/baylabenton2/33ou4zihbgac29zf/wish/580777886 The government surrounds us and makes people and states stay in order as much as possible. The government provides education for the children of the family, which in turn pays taxes on which the state depends to keep itself running. That is, the family is dependent upon the school to help children grow up to have good jobs so that they can raise and support their own families. “In a mass society, power resides in large bureaucracies, leaving people in local communities with little control over their lives”( Page 503). If all goes well, the parts of society produce order, stability, and productivity.

]]> 2020-05-18 18:57:15 UTC https://padlet.com/baylabenton2/33ou4zihbgac29zf/wish/580777886 baylabenton2 https://padlet.com/baylabenton2/33ou4zihbgac29zf/wish/580779638 In the late 2000’s the light began to be shined on police officers, government officials, majors, and people with authority and power. The society began to witness the brutality from the police officers and government officials lying and twisting around documents to win elections and votes. The sense of them being untrustworthy began to surface and questioning along with assumptions began as well. “This self-centeredness weakens the social ties that once united small communities. Under capitalism, people are transformed into commodities: a source of labor and a market for capitalist products” (Page 503). As long as they remain on the top of the food chain, whether we question or not at the end of the day they are still in control.

]]> 2020-05-18 18:58:07 UTC https://padlet.com/baylabenton2/33ou4zihbgac29zf/wish/580779638 baylabenton2 https://padlet.com/baylabenton2/33ou4zihbgac29zf/wish/580783744 Wage inequality is best defined under the symbolic interactionist perspective. This theory states that for something to be a social problem, it must be recognized by society as such. “However, mass-society theory suggests that so much social diversity, widespread isolation, and rapid social change can make it difficult for many people to establish any coherent identity at all”(Page 504). Societal views cause women and men to be paid, educated, treated and taught differently from the point of birth. 

]]> 2020-05-18 19:00:03 UTC https://padlet.com/baylabenton2/33ou4zihbgac29zf/wish/580783744 baylabenton2 https://padlet.com/baylabenton2/33ou4zihbgac29zf/wish/580810655 In the twentieth century, individuals are more likely to have a greater importance placed on science and rational thought as traditional metanarratives no longer provide a reasonable explanation for a postmodern lifestyle. “Now that the world is capable of producing material abundance, ideas are taking on more importance. In this sense, postmodernity is also a post materialistic era in which issues such as social justice, the state of the natural environment, and animal rights command more and more public attention”(Page 508). Postmodernism includes criticism of supposedly superior modern ideas as well as the inclusion of earlier material and techniques.

]]> 2020-05-18 19:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/baylabenton2/33ou4zihbgac29zf/wish/580810655 baylabenton2 https://padlet.com/baylabenton2/33ou4zihbgac29zf/wish/580815777 Societies can be fast-tracked to modernization by ‘importing’ Western technical capital, forms of organization, and science and technology to developing countries. Modernization is slowly but surely creating a new future for all. “Whichever approach you find more convincing, keep in mind that change in the United States is no longer separate from change in the rest of the world” (Page 509). Rich people could help poor people along with rich nations help poor countries develop their economies. 

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