UNDERSTANDING CULTURE, SOCIETY variant, differing rules of social behavior,

AND POLITICS social organizations and value systems.

(Encyclopedia Britannica, 2019)
CULTURE, SOCIETY, POLITICS Example: Women's Rights
Before, a woman's role is confined
within the household. In earlier times,
Culture women does not have the right to vote or
own a property of her own. That is now
- Shared beliefs, values, customs, changed. Nowadays, women can take part
behavior and artifacts characterized a in state activities on the same level as
group or society. men.
- Language, belief, ideas, habits and
any other capabilities that can be
acquired by men as a member of the
Sources of Change in Society
society.
- “the way of life”. There are different causes that changes a society
in different levels such as structure,
composition or its norms.
Society

- Organized and structured

Innovation - the social creation and
relationships among individuals,
institutionalization of new ideas. A
group and institution within a
concept of integrated innovative solutions
community or a larger social system.
to address problems and issues a society
- Group of people.
is facing.

Example: The concept of Equality and Freedom

Politics for all led the way to slavery eradication.

- Activities or set of activities,

structures and processes related to the
Diffusion - is the spread of innovations from
governance of a society.
one social setting to another. Occurs
- Involves enforcement and creation of
when one group borrows or incorporates
laws and the management of public
something from another group such as
resources.
norms, values, food, clothing and other
- Shaped by cultural and social factors
innovations.
as well as by economic and historical
conditions. Example: Some Filipinos are affected by K-
culture. (eating kimchi, spicy noodles,
adapting Korean expressions).

Discoveries - accepting new ideas or

thoughts that weren't noticed or learned
before.

Example: For thousands of years, ancient people

believed in Geocentric belief, until Copernicus
proposed the Heliocentric theory.

Technological Advancement - the use of

technology in our daily lives also changes
our social norms or behavior.

Example: Constant use of smartphones,

communication through online platforms
(video calling even if you can just call the
SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE person)

Digital natives are dependent on technology

and have lessen their attention span
Social Change compared to the generations that came
before them.
- Transformation of social institutions
over time having a profound effect on the
society.
- Refers to the alterations of Social Change
mechanisms within the social
structure, as seen in cultural symbols
 - Comes from the collective power of dynasties crumble, and a different
different communities and societies’ ruler comes into power.
vision, ideologies or concepts that are - Political change, is part of the
being widely spread function of the entire political
- The words of Jose Rizal, Mahatma Gandhi, structure of a state. Even external
Winston Churchill and others have brought powers and influences can cause
revolutions and caused huge effect in the political change.
society. - The so-called “superpower” countries
actually affects other countries, as well
as the Philippines.
Cultural Change

- Transformation of culture of the way 2 Types of Political Change

people live.
- Culture, just like any other things in this Internal - change due to the youth awareness
world, constantly changes but and active participation during elections,
ironically, resists these inevitable emergence of civil society group, or power
changes. revolt of the masses to oppose a system
- There are various ways at work that or depose a leader.
encourage the acceptance of new ideas
into a culture. External - initiated by other countries. It
- usually happens through military threats or
action, but could also occur in embargoes or
Some Process that Lead to Cultural Change withholding of foreign aid.

Acculturation - alien traits diffuse in on a

large scale and substantially replace
traditional cultural patterns.

Diffusion - is the movement of things and Effects Of the Changes in Society

ideas from one culture to another. - Change our mode of living and lifestyle
Transculturation - is what happens to an - Development
individual when he or she moves to - Modernization
another society and adopts its culture.

Sources of Cultural Change

Physical Environment - consists of the

particular natural surroundings in which
you live.

Population Movement - movement of people

from one place to another. Migration of a
person or a group of people changes their
culture.

War and Conquest - When a state conquers

another territory and the population
within that territory, it influences their
culture.

Technology - application of scientific

knowledge to the making of tools to
solve specific problems.

Political Change

- When the rulers of a country lose

power or when the type of governance
in the country changes.
- Rulers have huge influence onto the
politics of a state.
- They bring with them their values,
their ideologies and principles
whenever they are in power and this
influences the perception of their
constituents. However, even political