“Identity is made evident through the use of markers such as language, dress, behaviour and choice of space, whose effect depends on their recognition by other social beings. Markers help to create the boundaries that define similarities or differences between the marker wearer and the marker perceivers; their effectiveness depends on a shared understanding of their meaning. In a social context, misunderstandings can arise due to a misinterpretation of the significance of specific markers”
Our identity is what defines us
and distinctive us from other people but at the same time is what connects us
to other individuals. But the identity of us, it always influenced by certain
factors such as social, cultural, religion or the media, this plays a strong
factor in the development of identity on a person and to create the roles we
uses in our society.
“Transnational business and
international transport and communication system have all contributed an
increased coherence and integration in the mounting global traffic in people
and meaning.”
Thanks to the internalization and
the media, our society has changed as social roles and identities, in present
times we can appreciate the different between the old roles and the new ones.
For example the role of women
during the past was to be housekeeping and raising a family but During World War II a lot of women took
factory jobs to make up for the domestic manpower shortage. After the war the
number of working women dropped but the women starts to work and fight for
their rights. Currently this role has changed the women work but also raise a
family.
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Quotations
‘Culture, Society and the Media’
Michael
Gurevitch, Tony Bennett, James Curren and Janet Woollacatt
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