Sociology › Section E · Socialization › Topic E.3
Agents of socialization
No one learns their culture from a single source. Families, friends, schools, workplaces, religious communities, governments and media all teach us how to live, and their lessons sometimes agree and sometimes clash.
In this topic
- Who does the teaching?
- The family
- Class and child-rearing
- Peer groups
- School
- The workplace
- Religion and government
- Mass media and digital platforms
- Worked example: two families and a dispute over a grade
- Worked example: competing lessons about money
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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