Ralph Linton (1936) once stated that “The last thing a fish would ever notice would be water”. This quote explains how we lack sociological imagination because we fail to see how societal institutions impact our behaviours as individuals. This creates issues which would require the changing of these institutions and their relationships that make up society in order to produce only positive results. A few examples of social institutions that have affected my life are Family, Medicine, Education and Mass media.
Because reality is socially constructed, we are born without knowledge of norms, beliefs, and values that are prevalent in our society. All of these sociological concepts are learned through society and how it impacts our social behaviour by creating a socially constructed self. This means that our …show more content…
They can create both positive and negative impacts with corresponding traits, but with an appropriate balance of each I believe that each experience with a social institution can be considered a positive one due to the ability to learn and better myself to create stronger bonds with other institutions present in my life in order to achieve the values that are important to me. Although each person handles every situation in a different way, it is important to see that messages sent out by mass media have a negative effect on many young girls in the same way it affected me causing it to be a societal issue. I believe that society should take it into their own hands and change the subliminal messages in order to give young girls confidence and make them feel good about themselves instead of tearing them down and making them feel worthless. How are we going to create future generations of strong independent women if they are consistently being told they are not worth the time and effort because they do not fit with the media’s idea of
Because reality is socially constructed, we are born without knowledge of norms, beliefs, and values that are prevalent in our society. All of these sociological concepts are learned through society and how it impacts our social behaviour by creating a socially constructed self. This means that our …show more content…
They can create both positive and negative impacts with corresponding traits, but with an appropriate balance of each I believe that each experience with a social institution can be considered a positive one due to the ability to learn and better myself to create stronger bonds with other institutions present in my life in order to achieve the values that are important to me. Although each person handles every situation in a different way, it is important to see that messages sent out by mass media have a negative effect on many young girls in the same way it affected me causing it to be a societal issue. I believe that society should take it into their own hands and change the subliminal messages in order to give young girls confidence and make them feel good about themselves instead of tearing them down and making them feel worthless. How are we going to create future generations of strong independent women if they are consistently being told they are not worth the time and effort because they do not fit with the media’s idea of