Assignment

 Mead and Freud’s theories of socialization are similar in seeing our self-identity as a social creation. However, they differ in that Freud sees socialization as incomplete and full of tension between one’s inner needs and the social world. Mead and Cooley see socialization as a conflict-free unity of inner needs and social norms – humans willingly conform. Using examples from the text, and the film, who is more on target, Mead & Cooley or Freud, in explaining how the media (as a socialization agent) informs our identity. Why?