I couldn’t go to this week’s lecture unfortunately. The worst.
My good friend Lucas sent me the notes however and they went a little something like this:
Institutions
term from sociology
concern with organising structures of society social, cultural, political, economic reasons Principles, values, rules that underly these Marriage as a social institution
Expectations, values (monogamy) Legal frame work/regulatory Institutional frames Rituals (Symbolic) Widely accepted practise Culture ‘rules’ Values (Monogamy) Commercial industry Community/social recognition Media institutions
ABC the news journalsim News corp cinema broadcast television community radio public service broadcasting RRR
Are enduring regulate and structure activities are collectivist develop working practises employees and people associated are expected to share vales Public is aware of status Cash for comments:
The difference between current affairs and entertainment
Media watch: Breach of trust between audiences and institutions
ACTIVITY
Brainstorm:Institutional characteristics of the following
facebook Newscorp Google community
Core values
relationship to audience
what is their status
how are their activities professionalized
how are they more than business
what forms of regulations constrain their activities in what sense are they conduits for flows of power
what other instiutuions are they related to? Engaged/aligned with?
Make of that what you will hahah