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Lectures Intro. To Sociology - Culture and Dominant Ideology
Lectures Intro. To Sociology - Culture and Dominant Ideology
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Culture and dominant ideology
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Culture and dominant ideology
“A capitalist society has a dominant ideology that serves
the interests of the ruling class” [Marx, K.]
Conflict perspective:
• Society’s most powerful groups and institutions control
wealth and property
• They control the means of producing beliefs through
religion, education and the media
Feminist perspective:
• Society’s most important institutions tell women to be
subservient to men
• Will help to control women and keep them in a
subordinate position
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Cultural variation
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Aspects of cultural variation
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Aspects of cultural variation
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Attitudes towards cultural variation
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Major theoretical perspectives on culture
Functionalist Conflict Interactionism
Norms Reinforce social Reinforce patterns Are maintained
standards of dominance through face-to-
face interaction
Values Are collective May perpetuate Are defined and
conceptions of social inequality redefined through
what is good social interaction
Culture and Culture reflects a Culture reflects a A society’s core
society society’s strong society’s culture is
central values dominant ideology perpetuated
through daily
social interactions
Cultural Subcultures serve Countercultures Customs and
variation the interests of question the traditions are
the subgroups, dominant social transmitted
ethnocentrism order, through intergroup
reinforces group ethnocentrism contact and
solidarity devalues groups through the media8
Assignment: Identify subcultures, core culture and
countercultures in online communities given below
(https://www.dreamgrow.com/top-15-most-popular-social-networking-sites/)
Web-based product/application Assigned students
1.Facebook
2. Twitter
3. Instagram
4. LinkedIn
5. YouTube
6. Flickr
7. Reddit
8. Meetup
9. WhatsApp
10. SnapChat
11. Qzone
12. Weibo
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