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Social Change
Changes or mobilization in different institutions
are both of backward mobility or in upward
mobility. As changes occur, people of the earth
are living in the so-called civilized world. Such as
changes from primitive society to modern
society to post modern society .
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Definition of Social Change
Social change is a general term which refers:
a) To change in the nature, the social
institutions, the social behaviour or the
social relations of a society, community of
people, or other social structures.
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Causes of Social
Change
The causes of social change below affect or
characterize every aspect of society across the world.
On a macro scale: They shape all of our major social
institutions such as economics, politics, religion,
family, education, science/technology, military, legal
system, and so on.
On a micro scale: They shape values, attitudes,
beliefs and behaviors of human being to all over the
world.
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What are some of the sources of change in
our society?
innovations
Shifting population size
Environmental pressures
Media
Others?
Major source of change:
Technological advancement
Technological change may be
one of most accelerated
Computers have become
indispensable
Convenience and access to
information
Negatives?
Loss of privacy
Blurring of traditional lines
between work and home
Rising Expectations
When conditions at their worst,
many solely focused on survival
People more likely to seek
social change when living
conditions have improved
somewhat
Chance for change seems
possible
Major source of change:
Social Movements
Social movement Continuous, large-scale,
organized collective action motivated by the desire
to enact, stop, or reverse change in some area of
society
Types of movements
Alternative Movement
Redemptive Movement
Reformative Movement
Transformative Movement
Power of the Individual(s)?
Sociologist Max Weber claimed that one of the most important
components of social change was a LEADER with CHARISMA (large
vision, magnetic style, strong popular support and extraordinary
character). This leader places great demands on his or her followers,
promises rewards for their support . Examples?
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Social
8. Diffusion:
Change
Populations in the world are adopting new goods and
services from anywhere he or she stays. Much of the
materialist products are being applied to following the
marketing policy .(celebrities campaigns in drinking milk,
cold drinks), public health (birth control in less
developed countries) etc.
9. Acculturation
Examples: Asian Americans, American Indians are
being eliminated through the dominancy of white
American people. People can prevent social change by 27
preventing acculturation,
Natural Forces of
Social Change
GEOGRAPHY
This is when the natural
lay of the land has affected
the way societies have developed
Natural disasters can also drastically change a society
(floods, earthquakes, volcanoes)
ENVIRONMENT
Pollution, garbage, ozone, car emissions, smog, recycling
national, provincial and local programs that address
environmental problems
Effects?
External Events as Forces
of Social Change
External events are events that have occurred on
a large scale affecting an entire nation or several
nations
These events have a large and immediate impact
on social change
Examples
American Civil War abolished slavery
millennium? Guesses?
Impact
Coping with Technological Change
Positive or Negative???
Over dependency
Creation of mass culture
Changes in Gender roles
Social Isolation
Addiction
Positive and Negative
consequences?