America has gone through a lot of social change. From the
civil rights movements with Dr. king to now with black lives matter. The philosophy
of social change is a change in time when something isn’t right to a group of
people. There are many different views about social change and how it’s done. My
view is to stand up for what you believe in and fight to make a change.
It is common that throughout the course of our existence the
very ideas and beliefs that make up our daily activities change. These changes
occur in large part due to our experiences in everyday life, primarily those
experiences involving interactions with other individuals and our increased
knowledge through study. As events and daily interactions begin to challenge
our preconceived notions, we begin to shift our way of thinking, thus altering
our mission and philosophical outlook on life. Throughout these experiences,
however, we mature and begin to realize the importance of adopting health
behaviors which correspond with research-based factual evidence, as well as
policies and laws. For this reason, I firmly believe the social change philosophy
informs my way of thinking.
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Richard Roberts said, "As long as our social order
regards the good of institutions rather than the good of men, so long will
there be a vocation for the rebel." Moreover, the theories of
functionalism, the conflict theory, and punctuated equilibrium enable rebels to
emerge due to their theories' misplaced sense of value. Functionalism, largely
influenced by Talcott Parsons, can be interpreted in several ways, creating the
different versions of functionalism such as bio cultural functionalism and
structural-functionalism, which have different main aspects of belief.
Bicultural functionalism expresses the belief that because of physiological
needs social institutions were created in order to fulfill these needs. This
belief suggests that functionalism, the belief that anything simply occurs
because it serves a function, is based upon the individual's needs which
include reproduction, food and shelter. Alternatively, the social structure and
society as a "system of relationships" is also part of functionalism
as the structural-functionalism view.
Kimberley
Neutzling, and Jessica Edwards. "Functionalism - Anthropological
Theories." Department of Anthropology - The University of Alabama. N.p.,
n.d. Web. 25 Apr. 2012. "Punctuated Equilibrium | Academic Room."
Educational Websites | Online Books | Online Classes | Open Access. N.p., n.d.
Web. 30 Apr. 2012.
When Zana Briski traveled to Calcutta’s impoverished red
light district in 1997, she did not expect her documentary capturing the lives
of eight marginalized children would arouse the consciousness of millions of
people around the world. By displaying the poverty and grime of the brothel
while publicizing children’s artwork and their lofty dreams to become educated,
the documentary “Born into Brothels” succeed in raising awareness and
attracting financial support worldwide to provide these children with reachable
quality education. In other words, it is the film as well as the discussions
related to it on various media platforms that brought about life-changing
opportunities for those eight children, which evidently unfolds the
transformative power of media.
McLuhan Marshall. Understanding Media: The Extensions of
Man. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1964. Print.
Bandura, Albert. Social learning theory. New York: General
Learning Press,1971. Print.
Sabido, Miguel. Towards the social use of soap operas.
Mexico City, Mexico: Institute for Communication Research, 1981. Print.
United Nations. United Nations Development Programme. Human
Development Report. New York:United Nations Development Programme, 2013. Print.
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