Making sense of society

Making sense of society

Contents
SECTION 1.....................................................................................................................................1
Qualitative and quantitative research...........................................................................................1
Alienation....................................................................................................................................1
Mechanical and organic solidarity...............................................................................................2
Health and well-being..................................................................................................................2
SECTION 2.....................................................................................................................................3
Discuss the role and impact of media in contemporary society......................................................3
INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY..............................................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6

SECTION 1
Qualitative and quantitative research
Qualitative and quantitative research is very important in order to analyse and evaluate
information to take correct decision. Qualitative research is refer as the research that can be
expressed in words for getting information and knowledge. This is significant for gaining better
understanding regarding concept, experiences or thought (Chambliss and Schutt, 2018).
Qualitative research will assist investigator in gathering in depth information as well as in depth
insight regarding topic. There are various qualitative research method which assist in collecting
information such as observation, experiments, survey, closed ended questions and many more.
Through this type of research individual is able to determine different aspects as well as gather
data or information through reasons, opinions and motivations. This assist in correctly resolving
and overcoming with the issue by taking better decisions.
Quantitative research can be describe as way of gathering information in numerical
number. This is significant method in order to transfer data into statistics which is easy to
understand as well as assist in better decision making. Quantitative research is consider as the
most accurate approach as this can be expressed in number and graphs. This is consider as
effective method in order to quantify attitude, opinions, behaviours along with other variables in
order to gather information and data about different aspects. Quantitative research will assist in
measuring data and gathering information is more systematic and accurate manner. There are
different methods and approaches that are includes in online surveys, face to face interviews,
online poll, systematic observation and many more.
Alienation
This can be describe as the state or experience of being alienated. Social alienation can be
describe as a condition in social relationships which reflected by the lower degree of integration
of common values as well as higher degree of distance between different individuals (Pesch,
2020). Karl Marx's theory of alienation can be describe as the social alienation of people from
different elements their human nature as it is consider as the consequences of living in a society
of stratified social classes. As per the theory of Karl Marx it has been analysed that alienation
with in the capitalist mode of production is consider as that worker invariably losses their
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