TEKS: Chapter 113. Social Studies See All Teacher Resources

113.46.c.16

(16) Social institutions. The student understands the basic social institutions of science and the mass media and their influence on society. The student is expected to:

• (A) identify factors that have contributed to the institutionalization of science, explain the norms of scientific research, and explain how these norms differ from the realities of scientific research;
• (B) trace major developments in the history of mass media and identify the types of mass media in the United States;
• (C) explain the differences between the functionalist and conflict perspectives of mass media; and
• (D) examine contemporary mass media issues.