Sociology › Section H · Media and technology › Topic H.4
Theoretical perspectives on media and technology
Are media and technology engines of progress, tools of the powerful, or mirrors in which we build our identities? Each sociological perspective gives a different answer, and together they explain far more than any one alone.
In this topic
- One subject, several lenses
- Functionalism: commerce and entertainment
- Socialisation, latent functions and dysfunctions
- Conflict theory: who controls the gates?
- Money, media and politics
- Surveillance and social control
- Worked example: facial recognition in a city
- Feminist perspectives
- Symbolic interactionism
- Worked example: one smartphone, four lenses
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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