Introduction
Go to: https://www.createwebquest.com/mcdonaldization and click on McDonaldization webquest created 5/03/22.
Objectives:
•Relate the social and economic developments that preceded McDonaldization.
•Apply the reasons for the spread of McDonaldization in contemporary society to your own life.
•Explain Weber’s theory of rationalization.•Assess the validity of claims that McDonaldization will decrease in the future.
Task
Use various resources that can be found on the Internet to answer the lesson focus questions. Submit the answers to all 10 webquest questions for full credit.
ANSWERS MUST BE IN COMPLETE SENTENCES AND IN YOUR OWN WORDS. I KNOW YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO CUT AND PASTE - THAT'S NOT WHAT I AM GRADING.
Some possible websites to use:
https://www.thoughtco.com/mcdonaldization-of-society-3026751
https://www.cpp.edu/~ddwills/courses/ant352/readings352/McDonaldization.htm
https://courses.lumenlearning.com/alamo-sociology/chapter/reading-the-mcdonaldization-of-society/ Great Youtube video embedded.
Process
•What is McDonaldization (according to George Ritzer?
•How did Henry Ford's assembly line pioneer McDonaldization?
•How do suburbia and shopping malls facilitate McDonaldization?
•How did the McDonald brothers and Ray Kroc apply the assembly line to their chain?
•What forces in contemporary society explain the spread of McDonaldization?
•Give an example of a business using each of the following:
Calculability
Predicability
Efficiency
Control
•What is the relationship between efficiency and conformity?
- Explain what 'control of humans through the use of technology' means.
Evaluation
Submissions will be evaluated for completeness and accuracy of response and following directions. This webquest can replace an assignment you are missing or have points added to your grade.
Conclusion
Like any social transformation, McDonaldization did not happen in a vacuum. Taking a look at the processes that led to it, and its relation to other contemporary processes, is a way for us to examine how our society has changed, and anticipate how it will change in the future.