Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Distracted Driving, Structural Functionalism, Symbolic Interactionism
23 Oct 2015
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*note: knowing the basic assumptions of objective and subjective social theory is something you will need to know for the exam. If enough people with influence (agents of social control) say that a label is deviant, it becomes deviant. Moral entrepreneurs: also known as agents of social control, these are people who manufacture public morality, *don"t get confused with the word moral" hitler was a moral entrepreneur. It is usually someone who has a vested interest in creating that category. 3 important characteristics of deviance: deviance is a universal phenomenon (macro, durkheim: even in a community of saints there is going to be one less saintly person. , every social grouping has deviance, deviance is a relative phenomenon (meso) It is relative to people"s standards, culture, values: deviance is situational (micro) It depends on our own biography, what we know, any previous experiences we"ve had.
