SOCIOL 211G Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Argot, Virtual Community, Jim Crow Laws
10 Oct 2017
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Penalties and rewards for conduct concerning a social norm. Norms and sanctions reflect society"s values and priorities can be positive or negative tend to be formal if norm is formal and informal if norm is informal. Mores formal - jail time for murder informal- disgust/ostracism for cannibalism. Folkways formal- citation for jaywalking informal- weird looks/mean comments for wearing blue jeans to prom. Collective conceptions of what is considered good, desirable and proper or bad, Values influence people"s behaviors and serve as criteria for evaluating actions of. Values can change, but remain relatively stable throughout person"s life ex. marijuana use regulation, removal of jim crow laws language, norms, values and sanctions language was discussed talks about examples of culture and interactionism. Ex. language of virtual community - techspeak. Afk - away from keyboard, brb- be right back, lol- laugh out loud. 38 iw how to speak to people in community, that"s how they know if you belong there.
