Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Notes for Tuesday January 12, 2009

Symbol: a representation, a meaningful thing, action or relation; social importance and meanings arise through interpretation. Some examples of symbols are letters, words, images, signs, and people.

Norms are socially determined rules that govern behavior of particular types of people in particular situations. For instance, at a fancy formal diner, children should be seen, and should speak when spoken to, but should not interrupt the conversation among the adults. Norms can be divided into two categories: pro-scriptive norms and pre-scriptive norms.
Pro-scriptive: actions that you should not perform.
Pre-scriptive: actions that are not just acceptable, but are things you 'ought' to do.

Roles: coherent set of norms associated with a particular social position.

1 comment:

  1. Hey all, in the New York Times today there was a really interesting article about one of the forefathers of the viral age and how he is now against the wide spread use of the internet. I'll see about bringing in the article tomorrow.

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