General Information

• Country – United Kingdom (UK) • Capital - London• Official language – English• Total Area - 243,610 km2

• Population - 63,181,77 • Total GDP - $2.434 trillion• Currency - Pound sterling • Monarch - Queen Elizabeth II (since 1952)• Prime Minister - David Cameron MP

1902 Britain defeats Dutch settlers in Boer War in South Africa

1914 - 1918 First World War

1920 Republic of Ireland gains independence

1937 Sir Frank Whittle invents the Jet Engine

1939 - 1945 The Second World War

1951 Festival of Britain

1952 Elizabeth II becomes Queen

1973 Britain joins the European Community

1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes Britain's first woman prime minister

1982 Falklands War

1991 Gulf War

1991 Sir Tim Berners Lee invents the World Wide Web

1994 Channel Tunnel links Britain back to the European continent

1999 Welsh national assembly and Scottish parliament

2003 The Second Gulf War

2003 England Wins the Rugby World Cup

The united kingdom of Great Britain came into being on 1 May 1707

Norms

• Do not ask a lady her age

• Do not pick your nose in public

• Avoid doing gestures such as backslapping and hugging

• Do not spit.

• Do not burp in public

• It is impolite speak with your mouth full of food

• Do not ask personal questions

• It is impolite to stare at anyone in public

Religion in the United Kingdom

Dominant religion - Christianity

Religion Amount

Christianity 39,243,175

Islam 2,806,066

Hinduism 816,633

Sikhism 423,158

Judaism 263,346

Buddhism 247,743

Other religion 240,530

No religion 14,097,229

Religion not stated 4,038,032

Number of deaths in males and females by age in England, 2011

Sport

School

The Media

Television - channels BBC One, BBC Two, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5

Radio 815 radio stations

Newspapers 1592 newspapers

Magazines 1970 magazines

Web sites

The socialization process in UK

• Family: The Primary Social Group That Teaches Socialization

• Mass Media: The Second Group That Teaches Socialization

• Peer Groups: The Third Group That Teaches Socialization

• School: The Fourth Group That Teaches Socialization

• Religion

• Sport

Social Networks in UK

• Almost two thirds (65%) of the UK online population have used Facebook within the last month

• Usage of facebook - 95% of 16-20 year olds and 74% of 21-24 year olds

• YouTube is the closest social media site behind Facebook with half (50%) of all UK internet users using the site within the last month

• Twitter (23%), Windows Live (14%), LinkedIn (13%), Google + (12%) and Spotify (10%)

How groups can influence on society?

What has a big impact on society in United Kingdom?

• INTERNET

• TV

• RELIGION

• MUSIC

• Fashion

What are British people afraid of? One of the most safe country

Poverty in the world

World Population - 6.8 billion

Two-thirds of the world's hungry live in just 7 countries: Bangladesh, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia and Pakistan

75 percent of the world's poorest people — 1.4 billion women, children, and men

22,000 children die each day due to conditions of poverty

870 million people do not have enough to eat

1.4 billion people in developing countries live on $1.25 a day or less.

Poverty in UK