Howdid cultural dynamics help bring about the societies we now recognize as modern? This article constructs seven distinct models for how structures of signification and social meaning participated in the transitions to modernity in the West and, in some of the models, across the globe. Our models address: (1) the spread, via imitation, of modern institutions around the world (memetic replicati...

A study examined the extent to which sex role identity and career indecision could be used as predictors of individuals' congruence with their environment. Holland's Self-Directed Search, the Bem Sex Role Inventory, and the Career Decision Scale were administered to 84 male and 42 female undergraduates who had declared Animal Science majors at a large midwestern university. A discriminant analy...

the objective of the paper is to analyzethe impact of gender on media usage, and the preference and precedence given to various types of this media and their contents, in iranian society. most of the relevant studies concentrate on representation, reception analysis and on the norms of women’s favorite genres. in general, gender plays a determining role in the use of different media sources and...