<P> There are four main traditions in sociology: the post-modern tradition, the conflict tradition, the structural - functionalist tradition, and the symbolic - interactionist tradition . In a simplistic overview, post-modernists look at the world by comparing and contrasting different realities, often removing any centre . Conflict theorists look at how macro society organises its power relations via conflict . Structural - functionalists look at how macro society organises itself into a structure that creates functional interactions; it is about learning how society members work together, not against each other . Finally, symbolic - interactionists look at micro sociology; they analyse how individuals are socialised by society and how these individuals affect society . </P> <P> This paper analyses the media of Wikipedia--an online free - content encyclopaedia that anyone can edit--via two sociological theorists . The Wikipedia encyclopaedia works by allowing the general public to edit and add to the encyclopaedia . Each individual can have an effect on Wikipedia, but Wikipedia is itself beyond anything an individual has contributed to it . It can be seen, therefore, that Wikipedia has distinct micro attributes common to symbolic interactionist theory . Furthermore, Wikipedia is created via the constant comparison and contrasting of the editors . Thus, Wikipedia can be seen to have attributes common to post-modern theory . Therefore, this paper will analyse Wikipedia from both symbolic - interactionist and post-modern perspectives via Peter L. Berger and Richard Rorty, respectively . </P> <P> Berger looks at the social - psychological processes of people to understand the sociology of knowledge . He calls this the sociology of psychology . He shows how an individual's subjective reality is socially constructed into the individual's consciousness . He states that this "construction" can either be about the "objective reality" or subjective correlates . For Berger, objective reality is knowledge generally accepted by society as a whole . The fact that the Earth is round is an example of an objective reality . Subjective correlates are the ways the objective world becomes "real" to the individual . The fact that I personally believe the world round is an example of a subjective correlate . </P> <P> When Berger talks about social - psychology he is talking about how an individual is socialised in a society . He believes socialisation creates a psychological reality for the individual to gain "self," have a conscious way to process her surroundings, and learn proper ways to interact with other individuals . Furthermore, A person's psychological reality is in a continual "dialectic relationship" with society . Therefore, an individual can influence the society that has socialised her . For, society is comprised of multiple selves continually affecting and being affected by it . Dialectics is "the process, especially associated with Hegel, of arriving at the truth by stating a thesis, developing a contradictory antithesis, and combining and resolving them into a coherent synthesis ." </P>

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