Pictures of social centre given new name (6)
I believe the answer is:
cinema
'pictures' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'social centre given new name' is the wordplay.
'centre' means to look at the middle letters.
'given' says to put letters next to each other.
'new' becomes 'n' (abbreviation as in New Testament NT).
'name' becomes 'ema' ().
The middle letters of 'social' are 'ci'.
'ci'+'n'+'ema'='CINEMA'
'of' is the link.
(Other definitions for cinema that I've seen before include "multiplex, perhaps" , "Odeon perhaps" , "Where films are shown" , "The flicks" , "The big screen" .)