Answer to Question #264097 in Sociology for mel

Question

In social media, sociality is between ________.

• A. People who know each other

• B. The user and the algorithm

• C. Strangers

• D. Avatars

• E. None of these

If the media can be seen as an extension of a regressive apparatus that leaves the audiences with limited access to alternative meanings and meaning-making systems that would enable them to maybe reject definitions and values projected by the media. What conceptual or theoretical paradigm would you align this with?

• A. Marxist/conflict

• B. Functionalism

• C. Egalitarian

• D. Interpretivism

• E. Totalitarian

Answer 1

In social media, sociality is between ________.

People who know each other.

If the media can be seen as an extension of a regressive apparatus that leaves the audiences with limited access to alternative meanings and meaning-making systems that would enable them to maybe reject definitions and values projected by the media. What conceptual or theoretical paradigm would you align this with?

Interpretivism