Concepts
Every person is a unique individual who develops in a social and environmental setting.
What is persons?
Involves gathering information and data that is collected first hand by the researcher
What is primary research?
Based on the assumption that over time societies slowly improve on themselves and gradually experience broad social change.
What is Evolutionary change?
Occurs when we alter our behaviour as a result of group pressure
Genre explored during Popular culture
What is teen film?
Shared knowledge, attitudes and behaviours that give each coherence, identity and distinctive ways of life
What is culture?
Used to quantify an issue or problem by generating numerical data
What is quantitative data?
Involves a significant break with the past, sometimes heralding the transformation of society as a whole.
What is Transformative Change?
Greatest among individuals joining a group. We yield to group pressure because we want to fit in and be accepted. We might be scared of being rejected by the group. Individuals don’t want to be seen as different.
What is normative conformity?
Promoted through urbanisation, industrialisation, mass media and the growth of technologies since the Industrial Revolution, which began in the second half of the 18th century.
What is popular culture?
Similar to values, which are deeply held ideas that guide thinking and behaviour
What is beliefs?
Allows for the in-depth discussion of issues or topics, with approximately three to eight people.
What is a focus group?
Changes that occur across both social and political institutions. Often, these changes are impacted by globalisation, modernisation and westernisation.
What is structural change?
Accepting an idea or take on a behaviour that they privately disagree with, conforming to it in order to gain acceptance or reward, or to avoid punishment, within the group.
What is acquiescence?
Popular cultures often reflect social context, global events, technological innovations, and economic or political climates.
What is constant change and evolution?
The Australian Government merged access for customers to multiple agencies such as the Australian Taxation Office, Medicare and Centrelink via the smartphone app called MyGov. Which concept is demonstrated here?
What is modernisation?
Involves the collection of data related to an individual or small group through a combination of research methods. Involves a detailed contextual analysis.
What is a case study?
Often both cyclical and linear changes can be observed at the same time. This occurs because short-term changes tend to be cyclical, while long-term change is linear.
What is dialectical change?
Economic partnerships between Roma families currently living and working together in a territory compose the biggest organizational unit. Consisting of anywhere between 10-100 extended family groups
What is the kumpanias?
Era where the concept of the teenager was only just emerging, and studios were discovering this newly formed demographic.
What is the 1950s?
In 2018, the Indian Supreme Court ruled that women were permitted to visit a significant temple. Some members of the community opposed this decision and refused entry to women. In response, in 2019, three million women linked arms to form a line of up to 600 km long in support of the original judgement. Which concepts are demonstrated here?
What is power, beliefs and empowerment?
Ensuring participant confidentiality and acknowledging special needs of vulnerable groups are both ethical considerations most relevant to which research methods.
What is Observation and focus groups?
A pair of social theories that have been criticised for being unable to account for social change
What is interactionist and functionalist theory?
Imposes punishment according to the seriousness of the offense. Rely primarily on such sanctions as fines, corporal punishment, and banishment.
What is the Kris?
A theory that sees teen movies as part of the perpetuation of ideology in society. Focusing on the portrayal of ideologies relating to class, race and gender in teen movies as reinforcing the oppressive norms in our society.
What is Conflict theory?