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• Social Phenomena


  Refers to any observable pattern of behavior, thought, or action that occurs within a society or group of people
• Social Phenomena


  • How trends spread
  • How people influence each other
  • How groups come together for common causes
• Social Phenomena


  Involves one person's observable behavior influencing another person
• Social Phenomena


  • Racism is a social phenomenon because it is an ideology that people have constructed that directly affects another group, forcing them to change their behaviors
• Dance Craze


  • Pantropiko by BINI
  • Cupid by FIFTY FIFTY
  • Sumugal by Hev Abi
• Society


  A group of people involved with each other through persistent relations, or a large social group sharing same geographical or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority, and dominant cultural expectations
• Culture


  The term culture refers to the knowledge, language, values, customs, and physical objects that are passed down from generation to generation among members of a group. Culture provides a blueprint that people in a society use to guide their relationship with others.
• Joseph H. Fichter: 'A person may escape society for a while, but he can never escape culture.'
• Politics


  The use of power to determine whose values will predemonate, how rewards and resources will be allocated and the manner in which conflicting interest in society will be resolved
• Rebecca Solnit: 'Politics is pervasive. Everything is political and the choice to be "apolitical" is usually just an endorsement of the status quo and the unexamined life.'
• Anthropology


  The scientific study of human beings and their humanity through the examination of a people's biological and cultural background
• Anthropology


  • Examines culture, human evolution, pre-historic lives of humans, and languages
• Sociology


  The scientific study of the society which necessarily entails the study of all human activities in the society
• Sociology


  • Examines social institutions, social stratification, social change, and deviance and crime
• Political Science


  The systematic study of government, politics, and political behavior. It seeks to understand how political systems operate, the distribution of power, and the impact of government policies on societies
• Political Science


  • Examines political theory, forms of government, branches and agencies of government, actors in politics, and international relations
• To understand the social world, to respond to the changing world, and to create a better world are important reasons to study culture, society, and politics