The three constitute the three sides of a triangle, so to speak, regarding a person's status in society or the "life chances." How do these slides suggest the malleability, the shifting status and integration of these elements?
The man in with the Dairy Queen ice cream is Warren Buffet. He is once again the world's richest man.
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test Brian T
I found this slide very interesting. I was surprised at the labeling of certain pictures, such as Harvard as power, the lottery as prestige, the old white man eating cheap DQ ice cream as wealth, etc. It just shows how more than one or all of these elements can be present in a certain photo or situation. I would have first thought to associate Harvard with prestige because it is considered a prestigious school. I would have first thought of the lottery as a representation of wealth, and although it is labeled as prestige I can see how it represents all three elements. When items are placed with labels that are unexpected, it can bring up some interesting ideas.
"the old white man eating cheap DQ ice cream" is Warren Buffett - one of the richest man in the world; hence, the title "wealth'. Just an FYI - he also owns DQ.
I think this slideshow is really effective in illustrating the triangle of wealth, power and prestige. One slide that I found to be really interesting was the photo of an Indian woman talking on a cell phone. The cell phone is rather large, which is not something Americans are used to anymore. In her society, having a cell phone could mean she is wealthy because maybe not a lot of people have cell phones. Here in America, everyone has a cell phone, so when we see someone talking on one, we dont think twice. Although people are judged sometimes, I think, by the kind of cell phone they have. These slides show how the definitions of the words wealth, power and prestige differ from country to country, culture to culture etc. Prestige in one country does not necessarily mean prestige universally, but it is influenced by culture. And with the picture of influential Americans( Mayor Bloomberg, the President, Warren Buffet) comes to the question , is money power? Sometimes I feel that it is.
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Eileen Burton
Section XZ24C
Max Weber's three-component theory of social stratification;wealth, power and prestige are all integrated into society. They all also influence a shift in status. This is clearly eveident in the slides.
For example in the 1st picture we associate wealth with being rich, in the 2nd picture we associate power with leadership, and in the 3rd picture we associate prestige with education.
But there is also a change in the status in which we would ordinarily assocaite with. The
4th picture is a picture of an ordinary house, but to someone else it could be considerd wealth because that may be a meaningful posession to that person. The 8th picture of Havard I thought would be one of prestige because it is an Ivy Leauge college, but it is subtitled power. Also the next picture of the mega millions I thought would be considered wealth but it is subtitled prestige. These pictures can have different meanings to different people in terms of social strtification.
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