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51.

Choose the correct alternative and complete the statement :(i) …………….. are the means for delivering impersonal communication directed to a vast audience. (Family / Peer groups / Mass media)(ii) One of the significant agents of adult socialization is the …………….. (school / family / workplace)(iii) …………….. is the process of unlearning and relearning new norms and values. (Adult socialization / Re-socialization / Socialization)(iv) …………….. is credited for having popularized the term ‘total institution’. (Erving Goffman / Max Weber / George Mead)(v) ……………….. involves a process of tearing down and rebuilding an individual’s role. (Adult socialization / Re-socialization / Socialization)

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(i) Mass media

(ii) workplace

(iii) Resocialization

(iv) Erving Goffman

(v) Re-socialization

52.

State whether the following statement are true or false with reason :A total institution is set apart from the society and organized by strict rules and norms.

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This statement is True. 

1. A total institution is usually set apart from the society by distance, laws, and physical attributes like high walls, barbed wire fences, and locked gates.

2. They are organised by strict rules and norms determined and enforced by a single authority. 

3. The fundamental purpose of these institutions is to re-socialize people into changed identities and roles, hence it is set apart and organized by strict rules and norms.

53.

Correct the underlined words and complete the sentence :Institution transforms the individual self into a social self.

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Socialization transforms the individual self into a social self.

54.

Correct the underlined words and complete the sentence :Radio has an influence on children from a very young age and affects their cognitive and social development.

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Television has an influence on children from a very young age and affects their cognitive and social development.

55.

Correct the underlined words and complete the sentence :Cases like Genies suggest that animal contact is necessary for the basic social and physical development.

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Cases like Genies suggest that human contact is necessary for the basic social and physical development.

56.

Collect data from five students regarding their experience with social networking sites (example Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter). Find out about how much time they spend online, what kinds of people they interact with, what topics are usually discussed, the uses and problems of social networking sites. Write a 100-word Report on your findings.

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With respect to overall media consumption, most students spend hours on social networking sites using mobile phones, tablets, laptops, desktops, etc. This age group restricts watching television and is considered as the largest part of change in the media landscape. Example: More three to eleven years of age group are online than in 2016, with much of this growth coming from increased use of tablets. Unsurprisingly, tablets and other portable, connected devices are also playing an important role.

Uses: 

Social networking sites allow users living at distant places within their network to connect to another thus increasing social connection, share ideas, photographs, videos, information and other happenings around the world.

Problem:

1. Untrustworthy Member Data. 

2. Users submit inaccurate information on their profile. 

3. Leaving social networking is difficult; there are saved accounts, and ways to continue to reconnect to the site, even after an individual uninstall the account. 

4. Less time for face to face connections with family members. 

5. Being too much online diminishes our skills and can have serious side effects. These side effects are becoming more and more frequent amongst the waves of generations.