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Contemporary Society: Being apart of the Secondary Group





After discussing in our class 03/06, Goody emphasizes the important distinction between primary and secondary groups. Goody explains that in a primary group; a face-to-face group wouldn't need to write to each other. However a secondary group, (once you get a larger group, it will be harder to communicate therefore you would need to have written communication)
This made me think about being apart of a secondary group where communication consists of more written and non verbal communication and that includes: cellphones.
For example: With your family, how much do you verbally communicate? The other day my mother and I were eating and we were both on our cellphones. And it made me think how we've become apart of this age where cellphones play a massive role with communication.


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