The document discusses the major agents of socialization which include family, school, religion, peer groups, mass media, and workplace. It provides definitions of each agent and analyzes their influence on socializing children. The family satisfies basic needs, promotes cultural values, and aids in personality development. School develops discipline, determines social roles, and helps children socialize and broaden their understanding. Religion integrates society and provides a framework for managing hardships. Peer groups allow children to form relationships and learn without adults, potentially exerting both positive and negative pressure. Mass media like television and social media are powerful influences that children spend significant time with. The workplace socializes individuals to its norms and expectations through phases of socialization and training.

1. AGENTS OF SOCIALISATION
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2. Presented by ,
B.Manju Mahadevi
St.Ignatius college of Education, palayamkottai
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3. SOCIALISATION DEFINITIONS :
According to Gecas;
“ Socialisation is the continuous process of
shaping one’s self concept, identity, various attitudes
and behaviours of the individual ”
According to Ogburn;
“ It is the process of learning the norms of the
group and society ”
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4. AGENTS OF SOCIALISATION :
S0cialization carry on and reinforces their
homogeneity by fixing in the child from the beginning
the essential similarities of collective life ingredients .
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5. FAMILY DEFINITION :
According to K. Davis;
“Family is a group of persons whose relations to
one another are based upon consistent unity and who are,
therefore, kin to one another”.
According to Elliot and Meril ;
“Family is the biological social unit composed of
husband , wife and children”.
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6. FEATURES OF THE FAMILY :
The Family has the following
features;
 Universality
 Social environment which
influence the individual’s early
life
 Limited size
 Affected basis, emotionality
 Sense of responsibility among
the members .
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7. NECESSARY AND RELEVANCE OF FAMILY IN
SOCIALISING THE CHILD:
1.To satisfy basic needs :
 The family is one of the many small face to face groups
that are called primary groups .
 The family is expected to satisfy economic feeding,
clothing, shelter, medical provision and so on .
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8. 2. To Promote cultural values:
It is also expected to transmit the cultural values
and norms to the young generation in order to be
fully socialization.
 Because that is the first contact of the child.
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9. 3 .Personality and Character development :
 The home assists in laying the foundation for personality
and character development of a Child.
 The success or failure of an individual depends on the type
of social take off acquired in the family setting.
 The child is trained in language, positive character,
intellectual knowledge, vocational skills.
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10. SCHOOL DEFINITION:
According to John Dewey;
“School is a special environment where a
certain quality of life and certain types of activities and
occupations are provided with object of securing
child’s development along desirable lines”.
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11. INFLUENCE OF SCHOOL IN SOCIALIZING THE
CHILD :
 The School is another important
agent of Socialization
 It Socializes the child, gives him
opportunity to magnifier his
* qualities
* potentialities
* capability
* Instincts
* drives
* motives
and helps to develop his personality.
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12. 1. Development of discipline:
 During the process of education , the child’s personality
develops under the impact of the other personalities with
whom he comes in contact.
 In the school, the child is disciplined, he is aware that
disobedience brings immediate punishment .

13. 2. Determining status and role of child:
 Apart from the teacher, the child is also influenced by the
schoolmates or groups.
 These mates or groups plays a significant role in
determining the status and role the child will occupy in
society later in life.
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14. 3. Development of social skills:
 The development of social skills is crucial in allowing
children to learn to function as member of society.
 Schools encourage children to mingle and work with one
another .
 From this, children learn how to interact with others .
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15. 4. Broaden their understanding:
 It also helps children broaden their understanding of how
different people are, from their home lives, to their goals, to
the way each individual act .
 Teachers , librarians, classroom assistants, and
administrative faculty all act in some sense as role models
for the children in the school .
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16. RELIGION DEFINITION :
According to Macklver and Page;
“Religion as we understand the term implies a
relationship not merely between man and some higher
power”.
According to Ogburn;
“Religion is an attitude towards superhuman
powers”.
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17. INFLUENCE OF RELIGION IN SOCIALIZING
THE CHILD :
 Religion plays a very important role in Socialization.
 Religion instills the fear of hell in the individual so that he
should refrain from bad and un desirable activities .
 Religion not only makes people religious but socializes
them into the secular order .
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18. 1. Religion as an integrative social force:
 Religious rituals like weddings, child dedication, and
funeral and birth day celebration teach children about their
tradition and the reason behind them .
 Identification with a particular religious group , gives the
individual a sense of belonging .
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19. 2.Religion provides society with a positive framework:
 Religion provides society with positive framework to
manage frustrations and miseries.
 For people who are sentenced to many years of
imprisonment, religion provides the needed hope for a
better future .
 People who are hopeless and unhappy find support in
religion .
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20. PEER GROUP DEFINITION:
A peer group is a social group whose members
have interests , social positions and age in common .
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21. PEER PRESSURE DEFINITION :
Peer pressure is the influence exerted by a peer
group, encouraging individuals to change their
attitudes, values, or behaviour in order to conform to
group norms .
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22. INFLUENCE OF PEER GROUP IN SOCIALIZING
THE CHILD :
 Peers are extremely important when it comes to
socialization.
 Peer groups gives us opportunity as children to form
relationships with others on our own terms, plus learn
things without the direction of an adults .
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23. 1.Negative peer pressure :
 Drug abuse is an illustration of the dangerous negative
effects that peer pressure has on adolescents.
 According to Lamsaouri;
“Members of the same group (Peers) overuse of
drugs due to peer pressure. However, when it comes to
addiction, no one is responsible for anybody else.
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24. 2. Positive peer pressure :
 Peer pressure may also be positive ;
Example ; Your teen’s friends tell him he should study
harder so he can get better grades .
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25. MASS MEDIA DEFINITION :
The Mass media are the means for delivering
impersonal communications directed to a vast
audience.
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26. INFLUENCE OF MASS MEDIA IN SOCIALIZING THE
CHILD :
 Mass media is a powerful socializing agent today, more
than ever before due to its ubiquity .
 It is the true one because now children are spending more
time in front of television than mingling with their parents
and other family members .
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27. 1. Role of Television :
 The mass media of communication particularly television,
play an important role in the process of socialization .
 Children have been dramatically socialized .
 Television is an influence on children from a very young
age and affects their cognitive and social development .
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28. 2. Role of Social media :
 Interaction between people in virtual communities and
network in which they share, construct and swap ideas and
information.
 Children spend most of the time in social medias by
chatting
 Through this media they can share many information and
make them trending .
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29. WORKPLACE DEFINITION :
# A place where individuals socialize in accordance
with its expectations .
# Learning to behave appropriately within
occupational setting is fundamental aspects of human
socialization .
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30. INFLUENCE OF WORKPLACE IN SOCIALIZATION :
 The workplace is an agent of Socialization .
 A new job brings with it new norms and values, includes
the following ;
# What task to complete and when to complete them
# What equipment to use
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31. FOUR PHASES OF WORKPLACE IN SOCIALIZATION :
 Socialization in workplace involves four phases ;
# Career choice
# Anticipatory Socialization
# Conditioning
# Continuous commitment
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32. Socializing training on workplace :
# Some provide formal training in the forms of
apprenticeship , orientation session, and training courses .
# As individuals interact with their Co –employees and
boss ,they are oriented into the Organization .
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34. Reference:
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35. Thank you
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