SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Labeling Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, People V. Turner
9 Feb 2017
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Labelling theory: origins in symbolic interactionism (g. h. Mead) parents will teach you what things mean. He said the self was made of two parts. Because you were born into a pre existing social system you are subjected to the world as a meaningful place, )nteract via symbolic communication (cid:523)shared meaning(cid:524) example: when you"re saying something to someone and they understand what you mean on their side gestures as well as through language. Our sense of (cid:498)self(cid:499) emerges via symbolic communication implying that all human beings have a sense of self. The (cid:498))(cid:499) source of impulse and action. Develop a communication level about what is deviant (cid:498)deviance(cid:499) is anything labelled as such through meaningful communication (becker 1963) Deviance is in the (cid:498)eye of the beholder(cid:499) Secondary deviance: lemert"s social pathology (cid:523)19(cid:887)1(cid:524, (ow reactions/labels lead to a (cid:498)reorganization(cid:499) of self, (cid:498)primary(cid:499) versus (cid:498)secondary(cid:499) deviance, (cid:498)primary(cid:499) deviance. Violation of norms, but usually not serious.
