Chapter five discusses the agents of political socialization; explain which one has the greatest impact on you‚ which one has the least impact on you. Both my parents are independents; and I used to identify myself as independent. However‚ I believe school was the political socialization agent that has had the greatest impact in my judgments and decisions related to politics. This process began in my country‚ Venezuela‚ there I learned about world and Venezuelan history‚ patriotism‚ symbols
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to sociology‚ the family is considered the primary agent of socialization in any society. However as time change‚ secondary socialization agents are taking a more dominant role. I think mass media is in fact now playing the primary socialization agent especially in more developed societies. Not only that‚ but based on the culture of a society‚ family structure and the economy does influence how much of an impact mass media plays on the socialization process. Firstly‚ culture is the way
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Agents of Socialization and YOU! Parents are always concerned that their child is domineering‚ a loser‚ or is timid. It has been proven that children’s behavior traits‚ feelings and public skills‚ along with their occurrences’ and the management parents give them‚ all have a force on how they perform with others. The four agents of socialization are family‚ media‚ school and peer groups. Socialization is the process in which people learn to take on the behavior patterns of the society in which
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Many people watch television as part of their everyday routine‚ and according to Kerry Ferris‚ in The Real World‚ “The average American watches between two to seven hours of television per day.” The television is a common agent of socialization and is used to depict many different identities and social statuses. After looking in depth at the messages we are all receiving from television shows; it is very obvious that television makes these messages appear to be “the norm.” I chose to take a closer
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Agents of Socialization There are many important agents of socialization and important messages that convey over the course of life. Two specific agents of socialization that I chose to write about are family and social class. Socialization at the micro level begins from the day we are born. From birth infants are interactive and ready to develop into members of the social world. As they cry‚ coo‚ or smile‚ they gradually learn that their behavior elicits response from other humans. In
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Agents of Socialization Each of us as individuals is unique in different aspects of our characters. The agents of socialization aid further and play a central role in moulding us as social figures amongst society. In order for us to become well-functioning citizens in society there must be certain steps one must take. At the end of the day the focus is creating an expert society for us to benefit and for the society to function properly. We all exhibit our own personality in some way
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specific agents of socialization and how they have changed in American culture. These four agents include family‚ community‚ religion‚ and media. The first agent family‚ I focus on the significant differences between single parent families‚ and two parent families‚ as well as same sex marriages and different sex marriages. With the second agent community‚ I focus on neighbors relationships not being strong‚ increased crime rates‚ and significant changes in the community. In the third agent religion
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Children as the video describes adapt to their surrondings in their homelife despite this they are also influenced just as much by todays society. to look back children once lived a life of discipline‚ hard work‚ rules‚ values and striving for a future which was in hindsight already lined up for them. My mother was born in the 1950’s she is the oldest of 4 children‚ it was custom for her to leave school at 15 to assist my grandmother with homelife‚ living under the control of the "Man" figure
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Political Socialization Political socialization can be thought of as the process by which a person attains his or her own personal political beliefs. I believe that political socialization is continuous development of one’s political outlook‚ based on the many influences one may encounter on a daily basis. An accumulation of these experiences will ultimately define an individual’s character by either altering or strengthening their current personal beliefs. This process of socialization has
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SOC101 An individual is influenced by their surroundings throughout their entire life. There are six main “agents” of socialization. The author of our text maintains these agents are: family‚ religion‚ media‚ school‚ sports‚ and peers. Although they can be separate entities; they all become intertwined in various aspects of life. One of the biggest socializing agents is the family. They are often times the people we are most exposed to growing up as well as the ones we confide in. The family
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