How Does Conflict Theory Affect Society

T.V. has constantly been a wellspring of contention in the United States. How it influences our general public and the general population inside of it are inquiries that individuals have been thinking about since it was made. From a sociological perspective, we see that how much of an effect T.V. has on us according to theories, such as the structural-functionalist theory/perspective, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism perspective. 1. The structural-functionalist perspective is a theory stating that society is made of parts; each part has a function contributing to society’s wellbeing. All of the different parts of society contain a scale of importance, which reflects upon the necessity of that part meaning the more important, the more of a necessity that part is. …show more content…
They might state that television boosts the economic value of society and allows societies to project the same values and beliefs that keep the idea of structural-functionalism running. The Social conflict theory, or just the conflict theory states that society’s “parts” and there functions should not and are not equal; thereby, always generating conflict and change. The Conflict theory on television (and mass media in general) is controlled by cooperation’s with the expectation of fulfilling their own selfish motives. Conflict theorists would probably question the idea of the T.V. in general stating that the cooperation’s only want to change the views of society by expanding there radius of control to households across the country. For example: Channels broadcasting powerful news stories and shows only like to keep our attention long enough so they can broadcast there ads right after it allowing you to become more interested and more willing to buy the product(s). Although the conflict theorists do not agree to how television is being broadcasted, they agree that is a necessary-evil. Symbolic interactionism, or the