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modernity

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industrialisation, technology, standardised goods for mass market produced by manual workers in full-time lifetime jobs

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modernity - main form of social division and source of identity

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social class
identity is predictable & unchanging formed by social structural factors
people have stable idea of their position in society
3
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modernity - what does culture reflect?

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class structure
clear distinction between high and popular culture
4
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modernity - what is politics centred around?

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social class interests

5
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modernity - how does mass media reflect social reality?

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one-way communication

6
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modernity - what are superior forms of knowledge?

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rational thought, science, technology

7
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modernity - how does sociology explain society?

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scientifically
scientific method able to understand & improve society
methods used in natural sciences used by positivist structural theories

8
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move from modernity to postmodernity - when did postmodernity emerge?

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1980s

9
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move from modernity to postmodernity - why did postmodernity emerge?

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society was changing, modernist social theories no longer provided adequate explanations of society 
new media
rapid technology change
globalisation
consumer culture
10
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move from modernity to postmodernity - traditional sources of identity

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becoming irrelevant to people’s lives, structures

11
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move from modernity to postmodernity - what are people relating to more now?

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social/political movements that reflect their personal interests rather than political parties

12
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move from modernity to postmodernity - what caused these problems?

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decline in faith in science

13
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move from modernity to postmodernity - what has this lead to?

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peoples lives becoming more insecure/unpredictable