Define_Social_Change

Define social change. What are the key features of social change' Provide four examples of social movements, current or past, and describe the key features of each movement. ·         Define modernization. What are the key features of modernization' Provide four examples of modernization and describe the key features in each example. Tonya Davis Social change is defined as the basic structures within a group or society. The change of social structure, behavior, or cultures is set to define social change. There are many examples they came be described with social movements that are from the past as well as currently going on. One example is the Ku Klux Klan, as how the organization started to where it has become now. It started with white individual gathering others to join against the colored individuals. It has grown a major amount since it started and become an organization as a terrorist against colors leading to many crimes towards others. Propaganda is another example as it plays a major part in many lives with an attempt to influence others. Propaganda has extended pass the words and disrespectful name calling we believe to be improper. Today it has extended into more than just the use of words, but also includes transfers, testimonials, and action leading to violence. Education is another example of social movement, as keeping supporters and participants informed and involved about issues as well as the spread of the word to the public. A major example of the U.S. civil rights movements where the U.S. had a struggle to provide equal rights to colored citizens as white citizens has. The discrimination challenge was a long struggle to overcome as today we are now as expanded variety of people. Modernization is defined as giving a new character, idea, or appearance. The key features of social change are modernization is to adopt or become more modern of views and/or of society or others. Some examples of modernization is technology, such as how hand written letters used to be the main ways of communication between individuals compared to today we are more advanced to computers and internet. Rather than hand writing anything out, we intend to e-mail and instant message over the internet for a fast communication between people. Another example is telephone technology. We finally got to using home telephones for better ways of getting ahold and speaking to other in the comfort of our own homes to cellphones where we can go outside of our homes and still speak to whomever we want. Just speaking but the advance technology of texting, where we can multi-task better in other words. Another example of modernization is transportation, in modern days we used are resources o animals like horses to get us from one place to another. Since then we have been introduced to motor vehicles for a faster way of transportation without use the resources of animals to get from one place to another. One last example is electricity, as we had no electric the way we have it so easy today. We had to use the resources we had such as candles for light and today we have it easy enough as a switch to turn on and turn off lights for more justice for our own ways to living. Also water, before we have filters to run our water to purify it to get all bacteria’s out so it was clean, clear, and safe for drinking we had to drink well water and try to clean it ourselves by boiling it so it would not affect our bodies. There are many more examples as these were a few that were most used and clear to use as modernization changes throughout our pass history to today’s current modernization.