WEEK 8 (SEM 111)
Name: Jasmin R. Conejero Date: April 19,2021 Section: 2 SEDE-1 Score: _____
Professor: Prof. Orcega
ACTIVITY / ACTIVITIES
Reflective Analysis
I thought that Functionalism is an
international organization-building
strategy that promotes international
collaboration on science, humanitarian,
social, and economic issues. Another is
Entertainment is a form of action that
keeps an audience's focus and curiosity
while also providing entertainment and
enjoyment. However, the influence of
social norms, in the form of common
values, to inspire behavior is enormous.
Human agents regulate their behavior in
expectation of penalties, i.e. reward and
penalty by other social players, because of
the internalization of norms. It's still difficult
to understand how much our lives have
changed when we take a step back and
consider how different things are today
relative to five or ten years ago. If you like
it or not, social media plays a significant
part in the lives of many people. Social
media is unquestionably an important part
of my everyday routine, and I can't picture
life without it. According to conflict theory,
culture is characterized by social classes
competing over finite resources in a
competition for supremacy. Conflict
perspective maintains that gender is better
interpreted as men seeking to retain
dominance and wealth at the expense of
I learned that Functionalism is concerned
with how media and technology relate to
society's smooth functioning; a decent
way to start considering this viewpoint is to
make a list of the roles you believe media
and technology serve. Your list may
include things like the opportunity to
access content on the Internet, the
entertainment appeal of media, or how
advertisement and product placement
influence social norms. Another is the
entertainment function of media is an
apparent manifest function. When asked
whether they watch tv or go to the cinema,
the majority of people say they love it. And
the numbers back up this statement.
Though 2012 Nielsen data showed a small
decrease in the number of U.S. homes
with televisions, television still has a large
presence. In addition, the amount of time
spent watching is substantial. Social
norms serve to socialize us, allowing us to
pass on our ideals, interests, and norms to
future generations. Indeed, media
socializes and re socializes us in our entire
lives. Both types of media instruct us about
what is good and desirable, as well as how
to talk, respond, and respond to events.
one of technology's most obvious
functions is to alter our lives, sometimes
women in the form of gender. As a result,
males are the dominant group, while
women are the inferior group. Although
such gender roles may have been
acceptable in a hunter-gatherer culture,
conflict theories contend that these roles
only exist when the dominant party works
to preserve its dominance and prestige.
The expansion of feminism into analytical
or intellectual debate is known as feminist
theory. It explores women's social
positions, perspectives, and desires in
order to better appreciate the essence of
gender inequality. While feminist
philosophy is primarily concerned with
social relations, it also examines gender
discrimination and the advancement of
women's rights. Symbolic interactionism is
a micro-level hypothesis that examines
the interactions between people in a
culture. People are thought to make sense
of their social environments through
communication, or the sharing of meaning
through words and symbols. According to
the theorists Herman and Reynolds
(1994), this view sees individuals as
involved participants in defining the social
environment rather than passive
observers. Reality as a Social
Construction. They concluded that people
and human interaction, which they refer to
as habitualization, construct culture. “Any
operation that is replicated repeatedly
becomes cast into a sequence, which can
then be... done again in the future in the
same way and with the same economical
effort,” according to habitualization
(Berger and Luckmann 1966). There are
many hypotheses regarding the future of
culture, technology, and media.
for the best, sometimes for the worst.
Consider how the modern age has
changed our communication methods.
The disadvantage of this continuous influx
of information is that it is almost impossible
to detach from technology, which adds to
an illusion of constant easy access to
information and individuals. Such a fast-
paced dynamic isn't necessarily beneficial
to us. The digital gap represents unequal
access to information and technologies.
Conflict scholars often consider who
dominates the media and how it supports
upper-middle-class white people's
standards while ignoring the role of the
working class, especially people of color,
in the United States. A slim female model
is pictured attending New York Fashion
Week. Some contend that the selection of
female photographs is misleadingly
restricted. For several, technology can
serve as a symbol. The kind of machine
you use, the car you drive, and your desire
to buy the most recent Apple device are
both socioeconomic indicators of income
and status. Neo-Luddites are those who
see technology as a sign of contemporary
life's coldness and isolation. Meanwhile,
the media creates and disseminates
symbols that serve as the foundation for
our collective view of culture. Interactionist
theorists are interested in the collective
creation of meaning, which is a continuous
mechanism in which individuals
subjectively establish and interpret reality.
The media shapes our reality in a variety
of ways. For others, the people they see
on a computer may become a primary
source of frustration. There are a plethora
of hypotheses on how culture, technology,
Technology and media, according to
functionalism, contribute to societal
cohesion by promoting leisure time and
increasing productivity. Conflict scholars
are most interested in how technology
reinforces inequality inside and within
cultures, as well as within nations. They
even look at how social media is used.
and the media can develop. From
promoting leisure time to rising
competitiveness, functionalism sees
technology and media as important
contributors to societal peace. Conflict
scholars are most interested in how
technology reinforces inequality inside
and between societies. They also examine
how social media affects people's lives.