Soc101 Deviance & Social Control
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This document provides an introduction to sociological concepts related to deviance and social control. It discusses key topics including the social construction of what is considered "deviant", labeling theory, and the debate around the influence of social structure versus individual agency. Labeling is presented as a powerful mechanism of social control. Theories of symbolic interactionism emphasize how individuals create identities through social interactions, while structural approaches stress how people are shaped by broader forces. The document uses the work of Erving Goffman to explain how individuals perform different roles and identities depending on social context.
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Soc101 Deviance & Social Control
- 1. Introduction to Sociology | Hunter College Jessie Daniels, PhD Deviance & Social Control
- 3. definition: violation of established contextual, cultural, or social norms, whether folkways, mores, or codified law
- 4. Who gets labeled ‘deviant’?
- 5. Is getting tattoos a ‘deviant’ act?
- 11. Labeling Theory • Everyone labels • Those with power are able to label someone and make other accept that label • Labeling can lead to self-fulfilling prophecy • If the label is especially damaging, it can become a ‘master status’
- 12. Labeling is a Powerful Mechanism of Social Control
- 20. structural approaches: emphasize how people are influenced by structural forces
- 21. (functionalism + conflict theory)
- 22. How much agency do individuals have?
- 23. social action theories: emphasize how individuals operate in society as relatively free agents, creating identities through symbols and interactions
- 25. What makes someone evil?
- 26. Is it their individual agency?
- 29. dramaturgy: we use “impression management” to present ourselves to others as we hope to be perceived. Each situation is a new scene, and individuals perform different roles depending on who is present.
- 31. Goffman: no stable inner core of identity
- 32. what does this mean…
- 33. …about what makes someone evil?
- 34. If there is no stable inner core of ‘self’
- 35. then the ‘self’ is shaped by the role,
- 36. then the ‘self’ is shaped by institutions,
- 37. then the ‘self’ is shaped by structure.
- 38. What should you do before next class?
- 39. 1. Be sure you’ve read the assigned readings: Ch.7, Zimbardo, & McKelvey 2. Watch the video, “Stanford Prison Experiment.” 3. Answer questions on the discussion board.
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- It is important to note that whiteness is always operating in our understandings about and response to drugs. Note this headline and the related coverage. A media analysis by Netherland and Hansen found that stories about white drug use include sympathetic portrayals, a back story, no mention of criminal justice response, notion user as a blameless victim, and lament about the lost potential of white lives. In contrast, stories about people of color and drugs were predominantly arrest reports – no back story, no sympathetic portrayal, and no sense of lost potential. This has always been true. At the same time that drug use among people of color has been demonized and punished, we have created protected spaces for white drug users (e..g., pharmaceuticals) and afforded them a humanity and sympathy never allowed for Black and Brown folks. [Netherland, J. and H. Hansen. (2016). Wasted Whiteness, “Dirty Doctors,” and Race in Media Coverage of Prescription Opioid Misuse. Culture, Psychiatry, and Medicine.]
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- . Think about the way you behave around your coworkers versus the way you behave around your grandparents versus the way you behave with a blind date. Even if you’re not consciously trying to alter your personality, your grandparents, coworkers, and date probably see different sides of you.
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