COMS 315 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1 & half of 2: Collective Behavior
28 Dec 2017
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Story about student and teacher with assumptions about each other. People often draw on stereotypes and generalizations without thinking: the value of critical thinking, people rarely talk about topics like racism. Feelings of alienation: not only do attitudes about difference tend to focus on the nondominant. Other, but they also tend to dichotomize and polarize social identity groups. That is, they often divide social identity groups into two, opposing categories. Reducing identities to two opposites simplifies complex constructions of social identity. Conceptions of power: hard to define power, power over view point, Power is not always oppressive or prohibitive; it can also be productive. Discipline refers to elements of social relations that control, govern, and. Clock example: the clock is an ever-present example of how discipline operates: we adhere to customs about time, and we rarely question our obedience to them. In this way, discipline helps prevent chaos and produces order.
