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AQA AS Sociology- Families & Households: Demography
Objectives:
To become familiar with the trends in birth rate, death rate, life expectancy, family size, age at which women have their first child and migration.
To become familiar with the reasons for the changes in the trends in birth rate, death rate, life expectancy, family size, age at which women have their first child and migration.
Key terms/concepts:
Demography | Fertility rate | General fertility rate| Total fertility rate
Key Question:
What are the trends and patterns with families in the UK?
AQA AS Sociology- Familes & Households: Divorce
Objectives:
To outline three types of marital breakdown.
To outline the trends in divorce over the last 30 – 40 years.
To explain the reasons for the increase in divorce.
To outline the social groups more likely to get divorced.
Key terms/concepts:
Divorce
Separation
Empty-shell marriage
Key Question:
How have the patterns of divorce changed?
AQA AS Sociology- Families and Households: Marriage and Cohabitation
Objectives:
To will be able to outline changes in the partnerships we live in (marriage, cohabitation, civil partnerships)
To be able to explain why these changes have occurred
To be able to outline the impact of these changes
Key terms/concepts:
Marriage
Cohabitation
Secularisation
Empty shell marriage
Key Question:
How have marriage and cohabitation patterns changed?
AQA A2 Sociology- Mass Media: New Media
Objectives:
To understand the impact of new media on its audiences and society.
Key terms / studies /concepts:
Cultural convergence
Participatory culture
Collective intelligence
Digital divide
Digital underclass
Social capital
Key Question:
What is the impact of new media on society?
Sociology Christmas Quiz
5 rounds of Sociological, Christmas and movie knowledge fun!
Add your name on the front slide, and you might want to change the first slide photos to one of yourself or your HoD to make things more fun!
Answer sheet included!
Enjoy!
AQA AS Sociology- Families & Households: The Dark Side of the Family (Domestic Abuse)
Objectives:
To become familiar with the extent of domestic abuse in Britain.
To become familiar with a Sociological study into domestic abuse.
To examine how far we can trust the statistics on domestic abuse.
To outline the Radical Feminist explanations of domestic abuse.
Key terms/concepts:
Dark side of the family
Key Question:
How does the feminist view contribute to our understanding of the family?
AQA AS Sociology- Families & Households- Gender Roles (Functionalist & New Right)
Objectives:
Explore the traditional gender roles in the home.
To use the Functionalist theory to explain these gendered patterns of domestic labour.
To analyse the characteristics of the symmetrical family and explain at least three reasons for its emergence in the 1960s.
Key terms/concepts:
Gender roles
Domestic division of labour
Key Question:
How have gender roles changed in our society?
AQA A2 Sociology- Mass Media: Representations- Sexuality and Disability in the Media
Objectives:
To understand how sexuality and disability are represented in the mass media.
To Evaluate changes in representations of sexuality and disability
Key terms:
Camp
Heterosexual gaze
Key Questions:
How have representations of people disability and sexuality changed over the years?
AQA A2 Sociology- Mass Media: Representations- Ethnicity in the Media
Objectives:
To understand the analysis of how minority ethnicities are represented in the media.
To understand analysis of changes in media representations of minority ethnicities.
Key terms:
Tokenism
Key Questions:
How are representations of minority ethnics linked to culture and identity, crime and deviance and stratification?
AQA A2 Sociology- Mass Media: Representations of Men in the Media
Objectives:
To evaluate ideas and evidence on media representations of gender.
To understand and explain changes in media representations of gender.
Key terms:
Stereotype | Patriarchal | Kibly | Butler & Paisley | Crechen | Lewisham | Winship | Zomen
Key Questions:
How are men represented in the media?
AQA A2 Sociology- Mass Media: Representations- Gender (Females) in the Media
Objectives:
To evaluate ideas and evidence on media representations of gender.
To understand and explain changes in media representations of gender.
Key terms:
Stereotype | Patriarchal | Tuchman | Butler & Paisley | Brundsmen | Abercrombie | Anderson | Radway | Winship | Zomen
Key Questions:
How are women represented in the media?
AQA AS Sociology- Familes & Households: Gender Roles- Feminism
Objectives:
Evaluate the work of Willmott and Young through examination of the Feminist views.
Investigate the extent to which women working in paid employment has had an impact on gender roles and domestic labour.
Key terms/concepts:
Gender roles
Domestic division of labour
Key Question:
What is the Feminist view on gender roles and domestic labour?
AQA AS Sociology- Families & Households: Gender Roles- Functionalism and New Right
Objectives:
Explore the traditional gender roles in the home.
To use the Functionalist theory to explain these gendered patterns of domestic labour.
To analyse the characteristics of the symmetrical family and explain at least three reasons for its emergence in the 1960s.
Key terms/concepts:
Gender roles
Domestic division of labour
Key Question:
How have gender roles changed in our society?
AQA A2 Sociology- Mass Media: Representations and Stereotypes
Objectives:
To understand the nature of stereotypes
To understand the relationship between advertising, consumerism and media representations
Key terms:
Stereotypes
Williams
Key Questions:
In what ways do we stereotype people? What impact does media advertising have on these?
AQA A2 Sociology- Mass Media: Active Audience Models (Two-Step Flow, Cultural Effects etc)
Objectives:
To understand the way in which audiences react to violence in the media
Understand the application of evidence and studies of audiences and violence in the media and in real life.
Evaluate theories on the relationship between audiences and violence in the media and in real life.
Key terms:
Homogeneous audience
Disinhibition effect
Deviancy amplification
Scapegoat
Key Questions:
How influential is violence in the media?
AQA AS Sociology- Families & Households: Family and Social Policy
Objectives:
To outline social policies in the UK and other countries
To understand and compare the different theorists’ views on social policy
Key terms/concepts:
Social Policy
New Labour
New Right
Key Question:
What are the different theorists’ views on social policy?
AQA A2 Sociology- Mass Media: The Hypodermic Syringe Model
Objectives:
To understand the way in which audiences react to violence in the media
Understand the application of evidence and studies of audiences and violence in the media and in real life.
Evaluate theories on the relationship between audiences and violence in the media and in real life.
Key terms:
Homogeneous audience
Disinhibition effect
Deviancy amplification
Scapegoat
Key Questions:
How influential is violence in the media?
AQA A2 Sociology- Mass Media: Violence and the Media
Objectives:
To understand the relationship between crime and violence in the media and in real life
Understand the application of evidence and studies of crime and violence in the media and in real life.
Evaluate theories on the relationship between crime and violence in the media and in real life.
Key terms:
Hypodermic syringe model
Cultural effects model
Deviancy amplification
Scapegoat
Key Questions:
How influential is violence in the media?
AQA A2 Sociology- Mass Media: Effects of Mass Media
Objectives:
To understand different models of media effects.
Understand studies and application of evidence in relation to media effects
Evaluate explanations of media effects, contracting effects and reception models.
Key terms:
Homogeneous audience
Social networks
Opinion leaders
Heterogeneous audience
Key Questions:
How does the mass media affect us as audiences? How far could we believe everything we see/hear?
AQA A2 Sociology- Mass Media: Folk Devils and Moral Panic
Objectives:
To understand the relationship between crime and violence in the media and in real life
Understand the application of evidence and studies of crime and violence in the media and in real life.
Evaluate theories on the relationship between crime and violence in the media and in real life.
Key terms:
Folk Devil
Moral Panic
Deviancy Amplification
Key Questions:
How influential is violence in the media?