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  1. Feb 21, 2023 · 19 mind maps in pdf and png format – covering most sub-topics within the sociology of the media. Short answer exam practice questions and exemplar answers – three examples of the 10 mark, ‘outline and explain’ questions and three of the 10 mark ‘analyse’ with item questions, all take from the specimen paper and the 2017/2018 exam papers.

  2. Jun 16, 2024 · 1. Karl Marx and social struggle. Perhaps the most powerful example of macrosociology is Karl Marx’s theory of social conflict. Marx made class struggle central to the social evolution of humanity. According to Marx, “the history of all hitherto existing human society is the history of class struggles.”.

    • Ownership & Control of the Media. The ownership of the mass media is concentrated in the hands of a few large companies, that have the ability to control what people have access to.
    • GLOBALISATION AND POPULAR CULTURE. Globalisation has led to the increasing interconnectedness of societies across the globe, who now have access to the same media products.
    • SELECTION & PRESENTATION OF THE NEWS. News is manufactured based on news values, which are a specific set of criteria which makes a story ‘newsworthy’ enough to be published.
    • MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS. In media content, young people, women, homosexuals, black people and disabled people are generally represented in a negative way.
  3. Ownership and control of the mass media is a complex business as the following examples illustrate. Some media companies are characterised by horizontal integration or cross media ownership – this refers to the fact that global media corporations often cross media boundaries and invest in a wide range of media products. NewsCorp, for example ...

  4. Sociologists can turn to interpretive sociology to concentrate on the processes by which audiences take or create meaning from media texts. Interpretive Sociology Figure 16.22 Vulcan cosplayer at the Phoenix Comicon in Phoenix, Arizona. Cosplay (costume play), fandom, fan fiction and mashups are various ways in which audiences actively ...

  5. Sep 28, 2019 · Macrosociology refers to sociological approaches and methods that examine large-scale patterns and trends within the overall social structure, system, and population. Often macrosociology is theoretical in nature, too. On the other hand, microsociology focuses on smaller groups, patterns, and trends, typically at the community level and in the ...

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  7. Feb 20, 2021 · Key Points. Macro-level sociology looks at large-scale social processes, such as social stability and change. Micro-level sociology looks at small-scale interactions between individuals, such as conversation or group dynamics. Micro- and macro-level studies each have their own benefits and drawbacks. Macrosociology allows observation of large ...

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