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Social and community media what is it?. Social Action is a theory developed by social theorist Max Weber (1864-1920) and adopted by sociologists.
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Social Action is a theory developed by social theorist Max Weber (1864-1920) and adopted by sociologists. Social Action Theory seeks to understand how individual make decisions and take action in relation to their social environments, this can be local, national or global. The theory is about how individuals interact with society i.e through cause and effect and how these actions affect the function and direction of society as a whole. Social Action Media is about group or individual actions to bring about change, which is recorded or promoted through the media. Example: http://tribune.com.pk/story/187457/social-media-from-egypts-revolution-to-karachi/ Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRpm_dSKTYk
Links • http://www.dmu.ac.uk/faculties/hls/research/applied-social-sciences/csa/socialaction.jsp • www.conservatives.com/Get_involved/Social_Action.aspx www.infed.org/socialaction/ • http://socialactions.com/www.chain-reaction.orgwww.csv.org.uk/services/social-action-mediawww.csv.org.uk/services/social-action-mediawww.socialactionmedia.org/Bio.html
Research in a group the following and create a blog answering these questions: What social action is? What are the theories of social action ? What are the issues and areas you could research as part of your project? Using the next page what is the purpose of the social action projects you have looked at?
What is the purpose of social action • Looking at your key areas you now need to identify which categories your issues fall into: • to bring about local, national or global change • to change attitudes • to raise awareness • to create access to media production for minority groups • to challenge dominant representations i.e stereotypes • to create or strengthen community ties • to provide information • to campaign • to change voting behaviour • to infiltrate mainstream media • to build relationships with people
What is community media? • Research in a group the following and create a blog answering these questions: • . What is community media ? • . What are the types of people might research • Links: http://oursociety.org.uk/ • http://www.commedia.org.uk/