Mean Girls Sociological Analysis

Mean Girls For my second Journal, I have chosen to examine what role media has in portraying the ideas of sociological ideas. For my example, I have chosen to analyze the movie Mean Girls. This movie sets a good example of how socialization comes into play from the media. There are many sociological terms that can be applied from the movie. The reading that best represents all these examples is from the the reading called “Constructing Differences”. This reading examined the ideas of what creates categories of differences and where and how they are constructed. It also talked about how a person can learn to become a functioning member of the society through socialization. It talked about the different types of agents of socialization, the social interaction, gender roles, and the social construction of reality. All these topics …show more content…
By the agents around, she created herself a new image which was not ideal for a girl in high school in this day and age. Janis and Damian, eventually become her peers. They expose her the cliques that vary in her new high school. This is when the stereotyping come in play. When their in the lunchroom, she is exposed to the different types of cliques such as; Asians, Nerds, Jocks, Goths, and The Plastics. Each of these groups have roles that they play. For example, the Jocks have to be good at sports, the Nerds have to be really smart and the Plastics have to be popular, pretty and perfect. Her friends warn her to avoid The Plastics. The Plastics are a group of girls that everyone looks to in her high school because they are perfect and popular. The Plastics eventually take an interest of Cady because she is unique and new. They then socialize Cady into becoming the “mean girl”. The more exposed Cady was the more she was becoming like