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Explain the ways in which modernization affect social organizations. Give appropriate examples.

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Social Change Technology is identified as the major force in socio-cultural change. The effects of technological development on a society are summarized in the process known as MODERNIZATION. Ways in which modernization may affect social organization, all creating profound changes in life style and consumption 1. Geographic and social mobility increase because of new occupational roles. New jobs are opening in city requiring rural families to leave their traditional surroundings and relocate in new ones. This move to cities and new occupations result in an increase in skill and rise in income, leading to upward mobility and higher social status. 2. The existing system of stratification is changed. Wealth and occupation become more important determinants of status, and birth and kinship relatively less important. 3. The nuclear family, better adapted to the industrial society than the extended family becomes the normal mode of living. The very old and very young become unproductive because they are unsuitable for highly skilled jobs. Women are able to find employment outside home in larger numbers which alters the structure and experiences of family life. 4. Religious beliefs give way to secular rationality and science, a process called secularization is seen in the society. As religion becomes less important the religious institutions become increasingly separated as institutions from other aspects of life. 5. Finally, mass education, mass communication, and ultimately mass culture grow prominent