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Culture can be defined as all the ways of life including arts, beliefs and institutions of a population that
are passed down from generation to generation. Culture has been called "the way of life for an entire
society." As such, it includes codes of manners, dress, language, religion, rituals, art.
Culture – set of patterns of human activity within a community or social group and the symbolic
structures that give significance to such activity. Customs, laws, dress, architectural style, social
standards and traditions are all examples of cultural elements.
Social media has helped many businesses grow and promote itself, and has helped people find a better
way to connect and communicate with one another. On the other hand, it's also provided many people
with problems involving mental health, emotional insecurities, and waste of time.
Social media enables its users to stay in contact by making communication easier. Sharing pictures,
videos, expressing thoughts, ideas, and documents are just one click away. Exchanging messages and
data from one corner of world to other is made easiest with the help of social media.
Why is media important in our life today and how it has changed?
The media greatly influences society. They inform people about what is happening. It permeates
people's lives by creating their own criteria and opinions. In this way the media moves the masses,
creating different social movements.
While it can provide a platform for your teenagers to express themselves, develop social skills, etc., it
can also have some negative effects–instilling false messages, false beliefs, violent behavior, spending
too much time in front of a screen may cause health and development issues.
This observation motivates the idea of “institution.” One definition is that institutions are stable patterns
of behavior that define, govern, and constrain action. Another definition is that an institution is an
organization or other formal social structure that governs a field of action.
To a sociologist, families, sports teams, religions, hospitals, and healthcare systems are all considered to
be institutions. Other social institutions include cities, festivals, holidays, traditions, and schools
Institutions also have an important redistributive role to play in the economy – they make sure that
resources are properly allocated, and ensure that the poor or those with fewer economic resources are
protected. They also encourage trust by providing policing and justice systems which adhere to a
common set of laws.
Learning through discovery enables students to exercise higher-level thinking skills and better retain
knowledge as they go through the following phases to learn a business concept:
Contextualization: Students get familiar with the subject matter on a high level by being confronted with
a business problem.
Exploration and analysis: Students collect data from various resources to analyze the details (for
example, trends, formulas, general concepts, variables) of the business problem and teach themselves
the relevant information to answer questions and critically evaluate their hypotheses. This is where they
go through a self-directed journey to improve their business acumen.
Drawing conclusions: Upon gathering new insights and refining their understanding of the different
variables and models involved in the business problem, students synthesize their discoveries and create
their own interpretation of the best solution based on their individual learning processes. That solution
is presented to faculty and peers for feedback. Students have the opportunity to leverage the feedback
to reflect on their work and conclusions.
As students go through discovery learning, they have a more active role in their learning outcomes, as
they must understand granular data and identify how different aspects of a business problem relate to
one another to find the optimal solution. As a result, students may become more inspired to learn
concepts they do not know and to better understand topics they do know, as they now have first-hand
experience working through the discovery process. Further, self-directed learning can boost students’
perceptions of their own capabilities.