The influence of mass media as an agent of socialization was discussed by Kendall, Linden and Murray in their book Sociology in Our Times, as they pointed out that the subliminal brainwashing of the masses perpetrated by the media could be traced back to the imprinting of young children. ... This created a shift in the social culture of today's generation, as people are more inclined to get their information from different sources of media (such as the news or the internet), as opposed to consulting with a person or a book about it. ... Referencing Samuel P.Hutington's argument in hi...

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Civil society is defined as "the arena of uncoerced collective action around shared interests, purposes and values, covering common interests whether it be political, economic, cultural, scientific, anthropological, social interests" (Mathi, 2008). Civil society groups fulfill an important functio...

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"Am I speaking when I say that I'm speaking?"" Foucault poses this question to refer to the problematic subjectivity of the modern man, as being inevitably affected by the great influence and omnipresence of ideology. This extract, which is taken from chapter eight of George Orwell's Animal Farm, re...

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