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Agents of Socialisation, Socialisation is: The process by which…
Agents of Socialisation
Family/Kinship
-systems that establish relationships on the basis of socially recognised relationships or marital links.
key building block in society
Family sizes in Australia have been decreasing since WW2
nuclear, extended, sole parent, blended, that provide a living environment for people.
Temperament and child rearing are a more important influence on personality than birth order
School
Class and Status
Culture/Ethnicity
Sense of ethnicity can shape world view
shared sense of belonging
Ethnicity is our cultural identity
traditions, values and beliefs we adsorb through the cultural context of our lives are profound
Ethnicity may shape our interests, choice of places to travel and sense of humour
Culture can determine tastes, language, interests and the way we look at the world
Media
Media can influence ideas, opinions, attitudes, and images of the world.
Media changes in the context of corporate structures (Google, Disney, Sony)
Access to media enables simultaneous experience of popular culture and ideas.
The way youth interact with each other through technology can form a viable alternative to these global trends.
Shapes generations and what is displayed in the media challenges the views of those influenced by the media
Beliefs
It can shape a society’s holidays and norms.
Religion can be a defining factor in someone’s character and how they react to certain situation.
People should never be judged solely by their religion.
Religion can control many points in someone’s life such as their values and ideals.
Gender
Psychological and social traits associated with a person's sex.
Our actions and reactions to the way of life is shaped by our gender
Gender refers to many different concepts of socially constructed differences such as, rules, norms of behaviour and social roles regarding gender expectations.
Many factors of gender can be expressed in different ways such as, the Women’s Liberation Movement, feminism, gay liberation, fathers’ rights groups and the men’s movement.
There are many different types of sexual orientations such as, straight, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, transsexual, androgynous and asexual.
Our masculinity and femininity are shaped by both our biology and the experiences of our lives.
Our family and culture are one of many high social movements of the way we have shaped our sense of gender.
Sexuality
The concept of sexuality has many associations.
Sexuality is essential to our survival as a species, yet we can be reluctant to discuss it and deal with sexuality as a social issue.
Like other forms of human activity, sexual behaviour is learnt, through the socialisation process.
This learning can be complicated as there is a diverse age range for the onset of puberty and interest in sex.
Sexuality is a significant aspect of life, living and growing up.
The Increasing access to online pornography has altered the expectations of adolescents about sexuality. Questions have been raised about if this aspect of media is changing the norms and values of people who choose to access it.
location:
Stereotypical labels such as snob, bogan, westie, preppy, normcore, ghetto, bushie, posh and pouty, shirtless and straylian all work in order to ridicule and simplify our understanding of other people lives.
People seem to assess other by property values, income, ethnic origin, languages spoken, ATAR’s, teen pregnancy rates, drive-by shootings… all according to postcode or suburb.
The nature of the social world is that we typically associate with people that are like us and who we understand and relate to.
Location can influence a person's political ideas and values. If the distribution of voting patterns in federal election were to be examined, there is most often a geographical divide that splits the way many people vote.
Peers
Peers are the people you work with everyday
Peers are the friends and acquaintances we spend time with on a regular basis in a social context.
peer groups can come from a diverse range of contacts
This wider social network typically consists of friends, classmates, members of the extended family network, acquaintances made through groups such as sporting clubs and churches, and boyfriends or girlfriends.
This role of this peer group does not necessarily conflict with the role of the family, but it does serve to generate alternatives and wider areas of exploration, as well as new possibilities.
Socialisation is: The process by which individuals learn to become functioning members of society by internalising the roles, norms and values of that society.
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