The society we live in has been composed of various organizational units of individuals who are united by a common factor. These units are referred to as social institutions. Major social institutions in our society include Family, religion, education/ academia, community, media, government, and business. These social institutions have several important factors that are unique to each of them. They form the backbone of our society and help in strengthening our countries. If these fundamental social units are weak or non-existent, it leads to countries experiencing a lot of problems and difficulties. In this essay, three of these social institutions will be addressed regarding videos about each one of them.
The family unit functions so as to preserve society and ensure responsible citizens. The first video, called, "Why More Americans Are Living Alone" (Films Media Group, 2012), addresses the family social institution.
Under the functionalist perspective, especially as our society ages and the boomer generation begins to age alone, our housing will not be quite up to the challenge of giving people what they want, which is a place of their own. They also …show more content…
It also helps to advance culture, stop socio-economic inequities and breaks boundaries of fear and human ignorance. The three social perspectives of sociology can be seen under the institution of education. Under the functionalist perspective, it is noted that the education system has a major shortcoming in its functioning, according to the video "Lessons from the Real World: Social Issues and Student Involvement.”(Films Media Group, 2011).Kids are being asked to learn things that are very disconnected from their ways through methods that are also very disconnected. As a result, kids are more disconnected from the curriculum and less feel that the issues that are being addressed in school do not bear any relation to
The family unit functions so as to preserve society and ensure responsible citizens. The first video, called, "Why More Americans Are Living Alone" (Films Media Group, 2012), addresses the family social institution.
Under the functionalist perspective, especially as our society ages and the boomer generation begins to age alone, our housing will not be quite up to the challenge of giving people what they want, which is a place of their own. They also …show more content…
It also helps to advance culture, stop socio-economic inequities and breaks boundaries of fear and human ignorance. The three social perspectives of sociology can be seen under the institution of education. Under the functionalist perspective, it is noted that the education system has a major shortcoming in its functioning, according to the video "Lessons from the Real World: Social Issues and Student Involvement.”(Films Media Group, 2011).Kids are being asked to learn things that are very disconnected from their ways through methods that are also very disconnected. As a result, kids are more disconnected from the curriculum and less feel that the issues that are being addressed in school do not bear any relation to