Socialization

  Write a brief essay 2-3 page essay on two of the following questions. You can choose any TWO of the following questions to discuss in your essay. Your total assignment should be 4-6 pages long, plus an additional bibliography page. Please be very careful to cite your resources, including the textbook (You May Ask Yourself, 5th Edition, by Dalton Conley) and/or films carefully and correctly. No citing wikipedia. Outside sources can be used but they must be appropriately rigorous. 1. Explore the relationship between the media and individual behavior. Using your readings, class lecture material, and personal experiences consider how the media shapes behavior among adults and children. Also consider how media may be created in response to the social expectations or society. 2. List and give an example of each of the four main agents of socialization. (Family, Peers, Education and Media) How have those agents of socialization shaped your own life experiences? How might they be related to the roles and status you occupy in your own life? 3. Explore the main ideas presented in the first half of Pascoe’s book. (Dude You're A Fag, by C.J. Pascoe). Choose one of the major theoretical traditions presented in the readings on socialization and explain its main ideas. How might this theoretical tradition explain observations and ideas Pascoe has presented? General Instructions for Written Assignments Your written assignment is intended to test your understanding of important concepts and discover how to sharpen your intellectual skills of analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and application. The intent of the written assignment is to provide an opportunity to more fully describe, explain, and analyze the books and other sources. *Must include an additional bibliography page* 4 pages plus the bibliography page. A total of 5 pages.