Title: Agency in a Constructed Society (includes works cites)

Agency in a Constructed Society As we study everyday life and culture, along with the influence of media, we are faced with the issue of structure versus agency. In doing these studies, we cannot make valid large scale claims about culture and individuals because we must take into account that we exist as individuals and have agency. Our own realities are subjective; in studying people we can find superficial patterns, however we cannot apply these …showed first 75 words of 1236 total…

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