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Religious Institution

Religion plays an important role in the society. It is the system of beliefs which provide the moral guideline to individuals with in a society. It is the practice of sacred things and participation of believers in the rituals. Moral values of individuals within a...

What is Cultural Assimilation?

Cultural assimilation refers to the process, in which minority culture absorbs into the dominant culture, within a particular society. The process of change in native culture (minority culture) could be gradual or quick; depends on the circumstances. Usually,...

Difference Between Acculturation and Assimilation

When two cultures come into contact with one another, change in culture is inevitable. When two cultures comes in contact with one another, it can go through acculturation or, assimilation. Native culture can completely change and absorb in the host culture, or,...

Difference Between Acculturation and Enculturation

Enculturation refer to the process of learning our own (native) culture, whereas, acculturation is the process of learning and adopting host cultural norms, values and beliefs. Learning native cultural norms and values of a particular society are essential for an...

Mass Hysteria and Moral Panic

What is mass hysteria? The phenomenon; when people start fearing pretended threat and start believing in fake rumors and news of threats; that could harm them, is called mass hysteria. The folk tale Henny penny also called Chicken Little, is the best example of mass...

Crowd Behavior Theories

There are many theories of crowd behavior, however, we will discuss the three most eminent theories, which are as follow, contagion theory, emigrant norm theory and convergent theory. Crowd are common in every society, you can see crowd in stadiums, amusement parks,...

Collective Behavior in Sociology

People behavior differ in a group compare to individual behavior. In sociology the term collective behavior refer to the behavior of people, in which a large group is involved, such as crowed and mob. It is a spontaneous behavior of large group of people in which the...

Global Implications of Media and Technology

Increasing technology and media has always been driven the main source of globalization. In the book of Thomas Friedman, (2005), it has been identified that there are multiple ways, through which the technology has been flattened, the world and also contribute in the...

Theoretical Perspective of Media and Technology

It is hard to think about any one hypothesis or hypothetical point of view that can clarify the assortment of manners by which individuals interface with innovative technology and the media. Technology runs the array from the match you strike to light a flame as far...

Media and Technology in Society

Technology and Media are interwoven, both cannot be separated from this contemporary society in most semi-peripheral and core nations. Media is the term, which refers to the print, electronic and digital means of effective communication. From the creation of the...
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