Week 13 : Applied Scholarship, Opportunity, and Hope Lecture

Question 1

Objective-subjective continuum

Answer 1

• objectivism… deviance as an inherent quality
• Subjectivism… deviance as a process

Question 2

Objectivist interests

Answer 2

• shine spotlight on deviant acts & deviant ppl
• cause-and-effect relationships (why do ppl act in deviant ways?)
• positivist theories = functionalist, learning & control thoeries
• administrative approaches to media studies
• factors that contribute to youth substance abuse
• scientific standards of the ‘ideal body’
• prevalence and patterns of mental illness

Question 3

Subjectivist interests…

Answer 3

• shine spotlight on our perceptions of and reactions to deviance
• deviance & normality are sociall constructed
• interpretive & critical theories… symbolic interactionism, labelling theories, deviant career, conflict theories, feminist theories, power-reflexive theories, postmodern theory
• changing discourses of prostitution control
• moral panics about uni students today
• the ‘stories’ told by body modification
• the framing of cults in the media

Question 4

Moral entrepreneurs

Answer 4

1. government
2. science
3. religion
4. media
5. commercial enterprise

Question 5

social typing, social control & powerful groups

Answer 5

• processes by which individuals/groups are deviantized & managed
• power relations influence the social typing process, forms of social control & the path of the deviance dancer
• physical appearance… ppl with tattoos at greater risk of sexual harassment in workplace
• youth… youth labelled at risk or as a risk & are controlled thru the law, education system, etc.

Question 6

forms of social control

Answer 6

1. formal vs informal
2. retroactive vs preventative
3. regulation of others vs self regulation