Discuss how far sociologists would agree that the mass media is a more powerful agent of socialisation than the education system. Agree Disagree The media is all around us and socializes us The education system our whole life socializes us from a very Shows us desirable and undesirable behavior early age in news and fictional tv programmes People may choose not to Many positive and negative role models are watch TV or read news shown At school we are socialized Media is more exciting and interesting than by teachers and by peers school so gets people’s attention better Hidden curriculum helps Socialises us with wider society – not just the socialize us school system There is a link between the amount of violence in the media and in real life Discuss how far sociologists would agree that the image of women presented by the mass media tends to be stereotypical rather than realistic. Agree Disagree Sexist adverts, tabloid newspapers If people thought the images of Women presented as housewives or sex women were unrealistic they objects in the media wouldn’t buy or watch the media Most women in the media are pretty. The products – but they do images are unrealistic Not all women are presented in a Men are more dominant in the media and stereotypical way. There are presented better because most media many strong independent women companies are owned by men in soaps and dramas Discuss how far sociologists would agree that our fear of crime is amplified by the mass media Agree Disagree The media creates moral panics. The media simply reports what It exaggerates problems to help sell happens papers or attract viewers. It also tries to make us realize how It needs these to get more money bad and unacceptable certain from advertisers behaviour is There are many examples of moral People know that the media panics. E.g. hoodies, knife crime, exaggerate things and don’t believe terrorism, drugs, binge drinking everything they see in the news
Discuss how far sociologists would agree that the mass media is a more powerful agent of socialisation than the education system. Agree Disagree The media is all around us and socializes us our whole life Shows us desirable and undesirable behavior in news and fictional tv programmes Many positive and negative role models are shown Media is more exciting and interesting than school so gets people’s attention better Socialises us with wider society – not just the school system There is a link between the amount of violence in the media and in real life The education system socializes us from a very early age People may choose not to watch TV or read news At school we are socialized by teachers and by peers Hidden curriculum helps socialize us Discuss how far sociologists would agree that the image of women presented by the mass media tends to be stereotypical rather than realistic. Agree Disagree Sexist adverts, tabloid newspapers Women presented as housewives or sex objects in the media Most women in the media are pretty. The images are unrealistic Men are more dominant in the media and presented better because most media companies are owned by men If people thought the images of women were unrealistic they wouldn’t buy or watch the media products – but they do Not all women are presented in a stereotypical way. There are many strong independent women in soaps and dramas Discuss how far sociologists would agree that our fear of crime is amplified by the mass media Agree Disagree The media creates moral panics. It exaggerates problems to help sell papers or attract viewers. It needs these to get more money from advertisers There are many examples of moral panics. E.g. hoodies, knife crime, terrorism, drugs, binge drinking The media simply reports what happens It also tries to make us realize how bad and unacceptable certain behaviour is People know that the media exaggerate things and don’t believe everything they see in the news
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