Sociology 9699 Notes

Primary socialisation occurs within the family during infancy, while secondary socialisation continues through education, media, religion, and peer groups.

Focuses on ownership, news production, representation of social groups, and audience effects (e.g., hypodermic syringe model).

Newspapers, broadcasts, and digital content evaluated using content analysis. 3. A LEVEL | Paper 3: Education sociology 9699 notes

Approaches sociology from a macro-level. It posits that society’s structures (e.g., education, religion, media) shape and determine individual behavior. Individuals are seen as passive recipients of social forces.

: Defined by a person's social positions relative to others (e.g., occupation, social class). Individuals are seen as passive recipients of social forces

Participant observation involves the researcher joining the group's lifestyle (high validity but prone to bias). Non-participant observation keeps the researcher detached.

: Family serves capitalism. Reproduces labor power. Acts as a unit of consumption. Ideological conditioning teaches obedience to hierarchy. Positivists seek objective

Mirrors the natural sciences. Positivists seek objective, quantifiable data to establish cause-and-effect relationships and laws of human behavior.

: Micro-sociological approach. Individuals possess agency. They actively construct society through daily interactions.

Use a split page. Left side (30%): Key concepts and names. Right side (70%): Explanations and evaluations. Bottom: A one-sentence summary.