In response to your peers, identify one way that technology has influenced the social change they identified in their initial post.  Simone post ''Social change, in sociology, the alteration of mechanisms within the social structure, characterized by changes in cultural symbols, rules of behavior, social organizations, or value systems.'' Wilterdink, N., & Form, W. (2017, December 28). A perfect example of social change is technology and the internet. I remember growing up I did not have the luxury of having a laptop nor internet access, I had to do my research at the library; while now, children have access to the internet at their fingertip both at their homes and on their cell phones. The internet allows the younger generation to be more exposed to the things of the world; they act much more mature for their age than kids back then because of the things they are exposed to sex, criminial activities, etc. These children are getting more out of control as generation goes by, before as they say it takes a village to raise a child, in today's day and age you cannot discipline another persons child or the parent will get upset and try to fight you if you try to correct their child's wrongful behavior. Wendy post I believe social change is best described as being the only constant in society because it can not be controlled by any one person or group. Social change is constantly happening around everyone all the time. What helps me best to understand social change is by comparing it to watching a child grow up, it happens rather you are aware of it or not. Change is the combination of systematic factors along with unique or random factors. The biggest social change I have seen during my lifetime has been how society as a whole views the LGBT community and bisexuals. There is a much better understanding now through education and the media than there was when I was growing up. Now, most people do not assume because you are a man you have a wife and vise versa. I have noticed the quality of life for a gay person is changing for the better but there is still a long way to go.  ANSWER THIS DISCUSSION QUESTION IN 50 WORDS Identify some people you consider real or personal heroes. What characteristics do your contemporary heroes share with their mythical counterparts? Does this make them mythological heroes? Explain why or why not. FOR THE THE DISCUSSION DISCUSS ELEMENTS OF THE FOLLOWING VIDEOS: MYTH OF BEOWULF ZEUS: KING OF THE GODS ...

1. In response to your peers, identify one way that technology has
influenced the social change they identified in their initial post.
Simone post
''Social change, in sociology, the alteration of mechanisms
within the social structure, characterized by changes in cultural
symbols, rules of behavior, social organizations, or value
systems.'' Wilterdink, N., & Form, W. (2017, December 28). A
perfect example of social change is technology and the internet.
I remember growing up I did not have the luxury of having a
laptop nor internet access, I had to do my research at the
library; while now, children have access to the internet at their
fingertip both at their homes and on their cell phones. The
internet allows the younger generation to be more exposed to
the things of the world; they act much more mature for their age
than kids back then because of the things they are exposed to
sex, criminial activities, etc. These children are getting more
out of control as generation goes by, before as they say it takes
a village to raise a child, in today's day and age you cannot
discipline another persons child or the parent will get upset and
try to fight you if you try to correct their child's wrongful
behavior.
Wendy post
I believe social change is best described as being the only
constant in society because it can not be controlled by any one
person or group. Social change is constantly happening around

2. everyone all the time. What helps me best to understand social
change is by comparing it to watching a child grow up, it
happens rather you are aware of it or not. Change is the
combination of systematic factors along with unique or random
factors. The biggest social change I have seen during my
lifetime has been how society as a whole views the LGBT
community and bisexuals. There is a much better understanding
now through education and the media than there was when I was
growing up. Now, most people do not assume because you are a
man you have a wife and vise versa. I have noticed the quality
of life for a gay person is changing for the better but there is
still a long way to go.
ANSWER THIS DISCUSSION QUESTION IN 50 WORDS
Identify some people you consider real or personal heroes. What
characteristics do your contemporary heroes share with their
mythical counterparts? Does this make them mythological
heroes? Explain why or why not.
FOR THE THE DISCUSSION DISCUSS ELEMENTS OF THE
FOLLOWING VIDEOS:
MYTH OF BEOWULF
ZEUS: KING OF THE GODS