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music and audio society and culture podcastsHow is a social problem constructed?
The Social Construction of Social Problems. One way to study social problems is to take a social constructionist approach. This approach suggests that the degree to which a social problem is perceived as problematic, as well as the kind of problem it is understood to be, is a function of social interaction.
In this way, what does it mean to say that a problem is socially constructed?
To say of something that it is socially constructed is to emphasize its dependence on contingent aspects of our social selves. It is to say: This thing could not have existed had we not built it; and we need not have built it at all, at least not in its present form.
People also ask, what is the meaning of social construct?
Definition of social construct. formal. : an idea that has been created and accepted by the people in a society Class distinctions are a social construct.
3 stages of construction. Externalization, Objectification, & Internalization. Through interaction, people create a meaning. Through habit things will become fact.