Thus functionalism emphasizes the importance of social institutions such as the family, religion, and education for producing a stable society.
I feel that we do live in a functionalist society. The values are family instills in us is what help with what we contribute to society.
When we hear about these individuals, it is easy to think that their problems are theirs alone, and that they and other individuals with the same problems are entirely to blame for their difficulties.
This is important because I have noticed some individuals blame people for their problems. It’s important to realize that they have these issues because of the social atmosphere they have in and other factors in their life’s. Thus, they are not at fault for the circumstance they are in.
The news media overdramatize violent crime, which is far less common than property crime like burglary and larceny, by featuring so many stories about it, and this coverage contributes to public fear of crime.
We see this a lot in the Bay Area. This is also true with the way the media shows us when a cop makes a mistake but leave important parts of an investigation out.
some do not receive this consideration and thus do not become a social problem;
I think this is specially a problem with minority groups. Certain social groups, like politicians do not recognize minority problems as social problems, and there is constantly a fight to get our issues addressed.
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I think this is an important part of the definition. It is important to note that what some social groups might consider a social problem is not always be recognized as a problem by others.