What does recent analysis of the War of the Worlds broadcast of 1938 indicate in respect to the mass hysteria that has been reported to have accompanied the broadcast?

What will be an ideal response?


Most of the famous panic was actually invented by the news media. Although many people were apprehensive, very few actually panicked, as history has recorded and passed on since the event occurred.

Sociology

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Which theory emphasizes cross-cultural similarities in the social development of children?

a. psychoanalysis b. looking-glass self c. social interactional d. transactional analysis e. cognitive development

Sociology

All of the following are manifest functions of education EXCEPT: a. socialization. b. transmission of culture

c. restriction of some activities. d. social control.

Sociology

Define and give two examples of global culture.

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Theorists from the ______ perspective focus on what people do within a stratified structure, such as how they present their authority or lack of authority in their body language.

A. structural/functionalist B. conflict C. ethnomethodologist D. inter/actionist

Sociology