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Purposes of subcultures and countercultures

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Give a sense of collective identity
Gives people a place where they are empowered
Connects likeminded people
Makes invisible people visible
Allows people to escape identity they are born into
Gives people a place to construct identity

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Cultural Capital

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Give people something they can convey and turn into something else through networks

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Semiotics

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The science of signs
Signifier=symbol
Signified=interpreted meaning

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Symbolic message

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one whose meaning is derived from a pre-existing social convention in order to be understandable
Ex: roses symbolic of romance

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Indexical message

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one which “points to” an object or is a sample of it

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Iconic message

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one which resembles some agent of the real world to which it refers, according to some conventionally accepted criterion

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Polysemic

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signs have multiple different interpretations

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Cultural lag

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Not all parts of culture change at the same time
Material culture changes first then nonmaterial culture lags behind
Ex: cell phone etiquette

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Cultural diffusion

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The spread of a culture

Ex: McDonald’s restaurants all around the world or Disney World in Hong Kong

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Social Psychology

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Emphasizes development of the self

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The Socialization Process

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We as individuals become social beings

Internalize the expectations of society

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Agents of Socialization

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  1. The Family-primary
  2. The Media-increasingly important
  3. Peers
  4. Religion
  5. Sports
  6. Schools
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Cooley (1869-1929)

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Looking Glass Self:

  1. how we think we appear to others
  2. how we think others judge us
  3. how the first two make us feel
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Mead (1863-1931)

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Theory of social self is based on the perspective that the self emerges from social interactions such as:
observing and interacting with others
responding to other’s opinions about oneself
internalizing external opinions and internal feelings about oneself
THE SELF IS NOT THERE FROM BIRTH BUT IT IS DEVELOPED OVER TIME FROM SOCIAL EXPERIENCES

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Mead’s Identity Development

Stage 1

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The preparatory stage/imitation stage
1 month-3 years
Children copy the behavior of those around them

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Mead’s Identity Development

Stage 2

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The Play Stage
3-5 years
Children begin to take on the roles of significant people in their environment
Role taking begins
Children play "house" or role play
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Mead’s Identity Development

Stage 3

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The Game Stage

Child takes on multiple roles at the same time
Roles are organized in a complex system and child develops comprehensive view of the self
Introduction of the generalized other

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Mead’s “generalized other”

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As child grows older they internalize attitudes, expectations and viewpoints of society (norms, sanctions)
They have an example of community values and general social expectations

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“Me”

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The part of the self that is aware of the expectations and attitudes of society
Very large role in adults

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“I”

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The unsocialized, spontaneous, self-interested component of personality
Very large role in children

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Macro-sociology

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social structure

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Micro-sociology

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social interaction

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Social Institution

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An established and organized system of social behavior with a recognized purpose

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Total Institution

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An extreme example of social institution
Ex: Prison or the military
The time you wake up, what you wear, who you talk to is all structured and controlled and preset by those in power

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Social Structures
The organized patterns of social relationships and social institutions that together comprise society
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Social Status
Statuses are socially defined not individually defined Statuses define who and what we are in relation to others Differs from the concept of identity(self-conception)
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Groups
A collection of individuals who: Interact and communicate with each other Share goals and norms Have a subjective awareness of themselves as a distinct social unit
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Achieved vs Ascribed Status
Achieved=earned (ex: occupation, marriage) | Ascribed=given at birth (ex: sex, race)
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Thomas Theorum of the social construction of reality
The idea that our perception of what is real is determined by the subjective meaning that we attribute to an experience (definition of the situation)
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Definition of the situation
Ex: poor test score | one could think it's the end of the world or they could think "it's ok it's just one of four, I'll get over it"
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Ethnomethodology
Studying norms by violating them to reveal people's standards See how people react to disruption and what they do to restore normative order Most of us are socialized to expect certain things to happen in certain places and certain times
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Goffman | Impression Management and Dramaturgy
Social interaction is thought of as a performance in a play We put on a show Highlight or hide aspects of ourselves to gain desired outcome
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Social Exchange Theory
Transactional view of the world Everything is boiled down to "what will it get me" Our interactions are determined by rewards/punishments we receive from others Argues that rewarded behavior will be repeated
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Deviance
Violation of norms | Reactions to the act are what make something deviant, not the act itself
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Four characteristics of deviant behavior
1. Occurs in a social context and is not just individual behavior 2. It is culturally relative 3. Social rules are created and constructed; not just morally decided upon or enforced 4. The audience decides what is defined as deviant
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Can labeling be a form of social control?
Yes
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Purpose of social control
Formal and informal means of enforcing norms One important means of social control are negative sanctions, which can range from frowns to capital punishment Deters people from doing deviant acts
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Durkheim says deviance contributes to social order through 3 main functions (name them)
1. Deviance clarifies boundaries 2. Deviance promotes social unity 3. Deviance promotes social change
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Merton's Strain Theory of Deviance | Strain-something has to give
People conform to the social expectation when the goals and the means of reaching them are in balance When they're in balance it's conformity When there's a gap it's deviance
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Four Deviant Responses to Strain
1. Innovation 2. Ritualism 3. Retreatism 4. Rebellion
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Innovation
one accepts the goals of society but uses illegitimate means to try to reach them
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Ritualism
one gives up on excelling or advancing in one's cultural goals but nevertheless maintaining conventional rules of conduct to an almost obsessive degree NOT INTERESTED IN THE GOALS BUT COMPULSIVELY OBSESSED WITH THE MEANS
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Retreatism
one rejects cultural goal and the institutionalized means of achieving them REJECT THE GOALS AND MEANS
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Rebellion
one rejects and seeks to replace goals and means
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Cloward and Ohlin Theory | Illegitimate Opportunity Structure
Different social classes embark on different forms of deviance depending on their different opportunity structures Forms of deviance are an outcome of individual decisions and the available opportunities to act illegitimately So, if you grow up in a community where you're surrounded by illegitimate opportunity structures the expectation is that you will most likely engage in them EX: GROWING UP AROUND GANGS, DRUG DEALING, PROSTITUTION, ETC.
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Sutherland's Differential Association Theory | Symbolic Interaction
Deviance is learned by the influences around us
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Control Theory
Two control systems work against people's inclinations to deviate-inner and outer controls You have an inner voice and some external pressures. Inner controls include their internalized morality-their conscience, religious principles, ideas of right and wrong, fears of punishment. Outer controls consist of other significant people in their lives such as family, friends, and police who influence them not to deviate
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Labeling Theory
People are assigned labels that become part of their self-concept which channels them toward conforming or deviant behaviors People can engage in deviant behavior but they might not see it as deviant and if no one has labeled it as such then it doesn't exist as deviant People resist negative labels Primary deviance=it is labeled already Secondary deviance=label becomes a self fulfilling prophecy
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Sykes and Matza | Techniques of Neutralization
Techniques that people use to resist negative labels and rationalize their deviant behavior 1. Denial of responsibility 2. Denial of injury 3. Denial of victim 4. Condemnation of the condemners 5. Appeal to higher loyalty
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Mass incarceration
Punishment as a form of social control and regulation of the poor Prisons no longer function to rehabilitate prisoners but to "keep them off the streets"
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Collateral consequences of criminal conviction
Loss of right to vote, right to serve on a jury, credibility as a witness Denial of welfare/public housing, employment
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Anomie | As defined by Durkheim
Relative normlessness caused by the breakdown of social influences
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According to social control theory, deviant behavior occurs when
Attachment to social bonds breaks down
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A strength of the conflict theory in terms of understanding deviance is
It’s insight into the significance of power relationships
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A weakness of the conflict theory of deviance is its failure to recognize
That laws protect most people, not just the affluent

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