Posts Tagged: social learning theory

The Media Systems Dependency Theory is obviously relative to our coursework in that it deals with how audiences, social systems, and media systems interact with each other. In today’s working world, how do social networking sites affect our jobs, and how do we fall into the ideas of this theory in our use of these sites?

The Social Learning Theory states that we learn certain things in life by observing the acts of role models. Typically, this would make you think of a younger person looking up to and learning from an older authority figure, right? Well, how about the use of social networking by the 50+ generation in a world where the younger folks are constantly involved with these sites? How do you think the Social Learning Theory falls into place here?

Propaganda has always been a powerful force of motivation in communication. What are some ways we see propaganda being used in today’s social networking sites, such as on Facebook and Twitter?