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Social control
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the regulation of human behavior in any social group
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Two types
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Ideological Social Control
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the regulation of human behavior by controlling IDEAS;
Agents (FERMSG) -family -education -religion -media -sport -government |
FERMSG
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Direct Social Control
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the regulation of members of a group by controlling BEHAVIOR
Agents: -welfare -science & medicine -government |
W, S&M, G
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Three Processes of Social Control in Social Life
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1. Internalizing Norms: we incorporate into our personalities standards of behavior
2. Structuring of Social Experience: institutions shape our experiences 3. The Use of Social Sanctions: we conform to avoid punishment |
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Genocide
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Five categories of activity:
1. Killing members of the group 2. Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group 3. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part 4. Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group 5. Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group |
KHCBC
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Victim Discounting
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society's tendency to view crimes as less socially significant if the victim is viewed as less worthy
-e.g. "black on black" crime |
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Differential Justice
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whites are dealt with more leniently in the criminal justice system
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Racial Profiling
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a form of racism involving police focus on people of certain racial groups when seeking suspected criminals
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Culture
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Systems of meaning which include knowledge, beliefs, morals, laws, customs, and any other capabilities acquired by members of society
1. Symbols: anything that meaningfully represents something else 2. Technology: knowledge of how to adapt, make use of, and act upon physical environments and their material resources in order to satisfy human wants and needs 3. Ideologies: beliefs, values, and attitudes of a culture that underlie the status quo, or movements to change it 4. Norms: common guidelines for behavior 5. Values: the central beliefs and purposes of a society 6. Roles: the expectations attached to a social position |
Two types and consists of STINVR
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Material culture
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tools, technology, etc
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Immaterial Culture
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values, beliefs, norms, religions, etc
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Worldview
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the overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world
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Media contributes to:
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-Cultural diffusion
-Framing -Agenda setting |
CFA
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Cultural diffusion
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spreading of aspects of culture from one society to another
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e.g. Fiji (plump used to be attractive until US tv images)
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Framing
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the focus, parameter, or boundary for discussing a particular event
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Agenda Setting
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filtering out large amounts of information while permitting only a few items to reach the audience
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Social Change
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alterations in the patterns of culture, structure, and social behavior over time
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Sources of Social Change
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-physical environment
-population -clashes over resources & values -supporting values & norms (e.g. anti-gay rights legislation) -innovation -diffusion: spread of culture from one place to another (e.g. Western TV, fast food) -mass media |
EP R&V V&N IDM
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Social movements
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sustained, organized efforts on the part of a relatively large number of people to bring about or resist change
-Rest upon a mass base of individuals, groups, and organizations linked by interaction -Organize around a mix of political goals -Rely on a shared collective identity -Endure for a significant period of time -Have long-lasting and far-reaching consequenc`es -Have a well-defined and high level of internal organization |
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Ideology
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a set of cultural values, beliefs, and attitudes that motivate and justify the maintenance of the social order or movements to change it
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Ideology provides:
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-purpose for people to come together
-Rationale -definition of the problem -unity through a cause |
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Typologies of Social Movementsq
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1. Transformative
2. Reform 3. Redemptive/Expressive 4. Revolutionary |
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Transformative Movement
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seek a change in the total order as well as individuals in the order
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e.g. Black Panthers teaching kids that "black is beautiful"
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Reform Movement
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intended to bring about partial change in the social order
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e.g. Martin Luther King, Jr. and civil rights
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Redemptive/Expressive Movement
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efforts to bring about total change in the individuals in a movement
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Revolutionary Movement
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pursue objectives that aim to change society through challenging of fundamental values
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e.g. American Revolutionary War
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Theories of Social Movements
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1. The Value-Added Model
2. Resource Mobilization Theory 3. Frame Alignment Theory |
3 theories (VA, RM, FA)
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The Value-Added Model
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created by Neil J. Smelser
-economic theory applied to collective behavior: each step in production increases the economic value of manufactured goods |
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Collective Behavior
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spontaneous, unstructured ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that develop among a large number of people
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e.g. rumors, fashions, hysteria
Watts riot Detroit riots |
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Preconditions for Collective Behavior
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1. Structural Conduciveness
2. Structural Strain: certain aspects of a social situation are out of joint 3. Growth and Spread of a Generalized Belief 4. Precipitating factors 5. Mobilization of participants for social action 6. Operation of social control |
6 preconditions
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Resource Mobilization Theory
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Social movements are rational responses to social conditions intended to bring about social change
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e.g. Freedom Summer
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Frame
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a structure of interpretation that allows individuals to understand their own experience in the context of the larger world around them
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Frame Alignment
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the connection between the interests, values, and beliefs of individuals and the goals, activities, and ideologies of a social movement
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4 Processes in Frame Alignment
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1. Frame bridging: get sympathetic people to join your movement
2. Frame amplification: getting people to understand why your frame is relevant to them 3. Frame extension: stepping outside of original goals and extending them to draw people into your movement 4. Frame transformation: getting rid of some of the original goals, adding new goals, and transforming into a new movement |
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The Life Course of a Social movement
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1. Emergence: people express their dissatisfaction with existing conditions and the sentiment is shared by others
2. Coalescence: building the movement 3. Institutionalization: movement develops a formal organizational structure 4. Decline: usually occurs after success |
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