Write a blog about the effects of social media on the family dynamic and relationships, using the three relevant sociological perspectives: conflict perspective, structural functionalism perspective, and symbolic interactionism perspective. Sociologists use paradigms, or sociological theories, to help explain social life. For example, a functionalism theorist might look at the changing mealtime experience in purely structural terms. Quite simply, a family may be unable to coordinate its schedule to allow for time together at a common meal because of work, technology, and other commitments. However, a symbolic
interactionist may analyze this changing family dynamic by asking how families have come to define food and communication. A conflict theorist might point to disparities and hunger as core reasons families are not eating mealstogether. This blog post will serve to help you look at your familial topic from the three core sociological perspectives and willbe useful to you as you compose your magazine article’s section on theory.