Brian's Sociology phlog

This is a brief discussion of feminism and the family

(Sociology Bri) AS Sociology: Marxist Perspective of the Family

A brief description of the functionalist view of the family (Murdock & Parsons) plus outline of critiques.

Functionalist Murdock saw the nuclear family as so vitally important, that it was considered universal. However, this is debatable considering historical examples and contemporary trends would suggest the nuclear family is not and will not be universal.

Pod cast on the changing lives of women 3 generations speak since the 1960's the lives of females have change not only rapidly but also significantly the invention of the pill changes in divorce laws seclurization(?) and changing social attitudes to marriage have all had a major impact on the lives of women further more the change in lives of women have massive implications upon society decline in nuclear family decline in birth rate decline in marriage rise in divorce rise of mid employment and rising ___ education attainment this pod cast is interview with 3 generations of women ___ is in their 80's Anne is in her 60's and Rache within her 20's and is examination of their lives and attitude in giving some insight into the changing lives of women so thank you for taking part.

Podcast on ownership and control part 2. Welcome to this podcast on A 2 sociology(?) and mass media design support your class materials. In this brief podcast we will examine part 2 of ownership and control. The previous materials we'll started at connect(?) trains(?) in ownership and control over the past 30 years or so and the impact of these. We also look at the whole debates surrounding whether we actually witness a significant increase in media concentration I E media ownership in the hands of the few but in these part 2 here we will offer these more upon a theoretical position of Marxism(?) and Pluralism(?) on ownership and control. Don't just take a generic marks stone unless it's important to recognize 2 similar but also distinct

Hi welcome to this pod cast on trends in ownership and control. This particular pod cast will greatly look at trends in ownership control and keeping some context. How to use them in the context of ownership and control. Firstly you need to know a number of the trends and within your class ___ we examine media concentration. Trans national ownership cross media ownership A K A horizontal integration vertical integration and synergy. Obviously the more of these you learn and use the greater opportunity you have to develop your analysis. Remember to achieve higher in the scoring you must avoid simple list like application this is descriptive rather you must use the various trends of the past few decades to provide and develop discussion.

A2 Sociology - Brief summary of session discussing Ownership & Control of the Mass Media