1st November 2016 Discuss the role of The Family, Peer Groups, The Mass Media and the School in the Socialisation process Socialisation is a lifelong process which includes learning about social expectations, principles, values and knowledge of the culture we are born in. Nearly all the behaviour that we consider ‘normal’ is learned through socialisation. ‘Every society has individuals, groups, organisations and institutions that provide substantial amounts of socialisation during the life course. These are called agents of socialisation’ (Curry, 2005, p. 75). Primary socialisation takes place in early childhood and is the ‘intense period of cultural learning’ (Giddens, 2001, p. 26) while secondary socialisation occurs as the child matures. …show more content…
‘Sociologists believe that the media has the power to dictate how we learn about what is going on in the world, as well as how to appropriately interact with one another’ (Anon., n.d.). Children can become socialised through the television shows they watch or the amount of supervision they have while on the computer. If not closely monitored, the child can very easily learn norms and values that their parents would disapprove of. For example, the media is very persuasive when telling us what the proper body image is. They do this by picking a specific group of people that they deem to have the proper image and circulating their image throughout the media. This can lead to eating disorders because children now have unhealthy beleifs in relation to their bodies. Another reason the media is a huge influence is because of the amount of time that is spent watching television or on the computer. A study called Growing Up in Ireland found …show more content…
The official purpose of school is to teach children how to perform academically, however, we learn more than just the curriculum that the teacher has planned. ‘In school, we also learn social skills through our interactions with teachers, staff, and other students. For example, we learn the importance of obeying authority and that to be successful, we must learn to be quiet, to wait, and sometimes to act interested even when we're not.’ (Long-Crowell, n.d.). Teachers may also teach norms and behaviour unintentionally. For example, a student may learn that by yelling instead of putting up their hand they are given attention. This is where we learn the difference between positive attention and negative attention. Depending on the child’s personal life, this attention – either good or bad – may lead to more outbursts both in school and at home. Being in school means that children are around their peer groups as well as with older and younger groups – teachers, schoolyard etc. – this gives children a great chance to socialise with different groups of people on their own without any input from their parents. This also gives them a chance to mix with people that have different religion, social status and norms which gives them a chance to develop their own opinions and become
The most influential agent of socialization I the family. In this chapter this is shown, generally the kids in “street” families had the tendency to act similar to their parents. “The kind of home he comes from influences but does not determine the way he will ultimately turnout,” (105). The kids would be quick to hit someone else if they did not get their way, they would yell and argue in very unorderly fashions, just like they had seen their parents do or other adults they had been surrounded by. Aside from family peers are also a strong agent of socialization, especially in a system like this in which children are raised through accomplishment of natural growth, in which they are surrounded by other children in all their free time and often times children not in their age group.
The game of school consists of days in which children learn about different subjects. More often than not children get through multiple days of school in one game. They get accustomed to the way they interact with the teacher and vice versa. These repetitious actions cause them to start developing procedural behaviors. A day at “school” would go as followed: first you arrive to class and complete an assignment, then you go to lunch, have reading time at the library, and have recess on the playground, after that you go back to learning and then you leave for the day.
The article continued to mention that schools are a form of social control. Schools give children a place to be and are thought how to
Children have to learn how to behave and this can only be done through the setting of boundaries and constant supervision and
The first social structure that children are influenced by is their family. Now more children are watching tv and that first social structure that they are exposed to is being invaded by marketing and
3 Nov. 2015. Harrison, Kristen, and Joanne Cantor. "The relationship between media consumption and eating disorders. " Journal of Communication 47 (1997): 40-67.
Everyone is born without culture and unfamiliar with what socialization is and how to socialize. Socialization is a specific sociological technique that transpires through engaging with family, friends, and coworkers. By learning and understanding the expectations and societal norms, acquire society’s beliefs and familiar with societal values (Keirns, 2015). The process of socialization is taught not long after birth and then throughout our life. This is how we become effective human beings in society.
Social development is the way in which a child or young person learns to fit in to the world that they live in. Developing emotional resiliance, self reliance, principles, morals and learning to maintain friendships and relationships with others. In the first six months of life, babies will communicate through crying to express their needs, such as hunger, tiredness, warmth or emotional comfort. They will smile and form a close bond with their main caregivers.
The information that surrounds the child and which is internalized comes to the child within the family arena through parent- child interactions, role modelling, reinforcement for desired behaviours, and parental approval or disapproval (Santrock, 1994). As children move into the larger world of friends and school, many of their ideas and beliefs are reinforced by those around them. A further reinforcement of acceptable and appropriate behaviour is shown to children through the media, in particular, television. Through all these socialization agents, children learn gender stereotyped behaviour. As children develop, these stereotypes become firmly entrenched beliefs and thus, are a part of the child's self-concept.
Almost thirteen years of a child’s life is spent in school; it is a huge part of a person’s development. School has a different effect on every student who walks through the doors; no two people have the exact same feelings towards it. Some students enjoy school and look forward to learning. Others dread it and view school as something they’re forced to do. Many students look at it as a time to laugh and play, but they forget the main purpose of school: to learn.
Socialization is defined as process by which individuals acquire the knowledge, language, social skills, and value to conform to the norms and roles required for integration into a group or community. Gender socialization is defined as the process of learning the social expectations and attitudes associated with one 's sex. Lion King is an good example where the Simba and his parent’s Mufasa and Sarabi are often shown as together as a family. In the Harry and Tonto film, the Tonto Cats appears to be around a similar age but their status appears to be evil and important to the plot since they often collaborate together. As what Marisa Peralta stated, she said that she can see the impact on kids when a movie about to get released, as well as all of advertisement that was being promoted on other companies.
The main agents of socialisation are education, peer groups, mass media, work and religion. Education involves teachers having a positive influence on an individuals life by teaching both informal and formal rules, knowledge of subjects and rules and standards of wider society. Peer groups consist of friendship, work and individuals who are the same class and age. Peer groups as a child and an adult have a massive influence on the way individuals can behave, for example, the way the individual dresses or the informal codes used in order to be accepted. Mass media, which involves internet, television, books, films etc, has been seen as a way to communicate ideas and cause change by introducing new or different ideas and for this it has been criticized for being the cause of violence and creating issues of stigma.
Media affect teenagers the most because they spend a lot of time exploring things on it and this could harm them in a negative way. For example: when teenagers watch romantic movies, they could act differently to their love life because they got influenced by the things that they watched. Teenagers could change their behavior due to the things they watch on TV shows, movies, and videos. The young people of today appear to be excessively fascinated in viewing their most loved shows on TV or utilizing web-based social networking
Our family teaches us to care for ourselves, and function as individuals in a society should. Peers also have a lot to do with socialization, peer groups, as a child, gives them an opportunity to learn things without depending on family for answers and form relationships on their own terms. It’s often when you see a change in behavior from when a child is around their parents and their peers. Mass media makes it easy for things and different information to get to society. A lot of things shown through media ultimately influence our thoughts because it’s something we’ve seen or
Conflict theorists call this role of education the “hidden curriculum.” School rules, detention and rewards these teaches people to conform to society whether you like it or not. School assemblies these teaches respect for dominant ideas. Where boys and girls learn to accept different roles in society, with boy learning to be masculine and girls feminine to follow teachers instructions without question. This replace the way you have to follow as bosses