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Start Over Topic social change Publication Year Range More than 50 years ago Region united states
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1. White Papers and Negro Readers.

Author

Halsey, Margaret

Subjects
*PRESS, *JOURNALISM & society, *MASS media & society, *AFRICAN Americans, *SOCIAL change
Abstract

Examines the relationship of the U.S. press controlled by whites with its African American readers in 1965. Roles played by the press in the race situation in the country; Ideas and values advanced by the press to its African American readers; Rights and privileges that has yet to be awarded to African Americans; Significance of the press in preparing the society for the social change brought by the changing socio-political conditions of African Americans.

Published
1965

2. SUBJECTIVE POWERLESSNESS IN THE UNITED STATES: SOME LONGITUDINAL TRENDS.

Author

Guest, Avery M.

Subjects
*SOCIAL sciences, *SOCIAL change, *BLUE collar workers, *EDUCATION, *ACADEMIC achievement
Abstract

The article discusses issues related to subjective powerlessness in the U.S. The paper focuses on changes since 1952 in citizen efficacy or feelings of control over government for various sub-groups in the U.S. population such as blacks, blue collar workers, Southerners, Jews, young and old people. As with most issues in the study of social change, there is widespread disagreement on trends in citizen efficacy for industrial societies such as the U.S. Most theory predicts trends in objective powerlessness, rather than subjective powerlessness, although it is possible that trends in objective powerlessness do not match trends in subjective powerlessness. Within the U.S. at each point of observation, powerlessness does not vary much by stratum, except when education and race are used as indicators. And within the white population, some of the differences are heavily explained by educational differentials. It therefore seems fair to conclude that white subordinate interest groups are not oriented toward government as a result of what would seem to be objective powerlessness but more on the basis of their educational achievement.

Published
1974

3. A Report on the Two Cultures.

Author

Goodhue, Tom

Subjects
*SOCIAL history, *SOCIAL change, *CULTURE conflict, *TOLERATION, *RACISM, *AWARENESS, *DRUG abuse, *MARIJUANA, *RADICALISM, *UNIVERSITIES & colleges
Abstract

Discusses the growth of social culture from the 1930's until the 1970s in Orange county, California. Observation of the growth of a social environment which encourages openness and tolerance for individual differences including race, religion and politics; Difference in the level of awareness regarding world events; Concern over the perception of values due to the spread of drug and marijuana use among the youth; Evidence of the radicalization of college campuses centering initially on the Vietnam war; Growth of the number of underground papers in several schools publishing radical ideas.

Published
1970