SOCI 1002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Symbolic Interactionism, Emo, Labeling Theory
23 Feb 2016
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Deviance: when someone departs from a norm and evokes a negative reaction from others. Looking at the culture of and in your situation depends on if you find something deviant. A law is a norm stipulated and enforced by government bodies. Technologies: the government is behind when it comes to the law. Clarifying the sociological usage of the term sanctions: penalties, sometimes imposed by ways of discipline or punishment. Involves a mild sanction that is imposed during face-to-face interactio not by an institution. E. g. raised eyebrows, gossip, ostracism, shaming or stigmatization. Takes place when an institution penalizes someone from breaking a regulation. The judicial system punishing someone for breaking the law. When people are "stigmatized", they are negatively evaluated becasuse of a marker that distinguishes them from others. Labelling theory holds that deviance does not inhere inn a person"s actions but depends on others" responses to those actions.
