SOCIOL 2CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Frank Tannenbaum, Symbolic Interactionism, Labeling Theory
13 Feb 2020
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Emerged as leading approach to study of deviance in 1960s. Gh mead"s theory of relationship between self and society. As a principle of creating deviance i. e. how people respond to you & your behavior. Focused on social structures & how they constrained individuals. Ignored active, thinking pragmatic actor who makes sense of creates their social worlds in interaction. Lt called for a shift away from traditional positivist concerns (from causes) toward approach that involved: The creating & interpretation of deviance by actors. How rules & typification are used to classify individuals as deviant. Responses of informal (family, peers) & formal agents of social control (police, courts) to individual behavior. Impacts to individuals conceptions of self and self identities. Esp role of stigma & how individuals manage it. Focuses on individuals and small groups as unit of analysis. Central idea - individuals use language & symbols in communication with others. How people create, interpret, manipulate & negotiate meanings (symbols, languages)
