Question One
The media offers education as well as information. Information may be relayed through various forms, which may include radio programs, newspapers, and televisions. In most cases, these mediums relay information from various regions of the globe; thereby, leading to cultural competence and change among individuals from different communities. The internet and other print media offer in-depth insight into major counter-cultural issues (Hilliard, 2001). Consequently, people’s lifestyles, as well as behaviours, will evolve significantly. Information that is passed through various media platforms plays a critical role in promoting cultural tolerance among counter-cultural communities.
Question One
Venues create persistent attachment within social contexts, thereby facilitating social interaction (Hilliard, 2001). Venues are where people meet and shape relationships that they establish with other members of the society. They represent spaces for unspoken behaviours, rules, and implicit conversation topics. Although venues enhance social interactions, various contexts have different expectations. Venues are limited in number, implying that certain opportunities are not available to all people. Moreover, venues facilitate the evolution of social networks when patrons interact; therefore, they lead to the formation of social groups. The social groups disintegrate, evolve, and arise as patrons exit and join them. Observing dance floors reveal complex and frenzied interaction series within and among groups. Interpreting events in a given time relies on the actors’ fluid movements, especially when they are entering and exiting a particular venue. Interpretations also rely on how social groups frame their experience regarding expectations that a venue provides (Hilliard, 2001). Consequently, venues are tied to social networks that they host.
Question One
Summer of love was a representation of a vibrant society (Grunenberg, & Harris, 2005). This revolutionary movement occurred when the media identified and focused on the hippy phenomenon. The youths travelled across America with the primary objective of casting off conservative values and experimenting with sex and drugs. San Francisco was the main focus of the hippy phenomenon (Grunenberg, & Harris, 2005). It started when over 100000 disaffected youths gathered in Haight-Ashbury District during summer. Local council coined the title “Summer of Love” to create positive spins on druggy and hippy gatherings that were negatively portrayed by media.
References
Grunenberg, C., & Harris, J. (2005). Summer of love: Psychedelic art, social crisis and counterculture in the 1960s. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press.
Hilliard, R. L. (2001). Media, education, and America's counter-culture revolution: Lost and found opportunities for media impact on education, gender, race, and the arts. Westport: Ablex Press.
