Deviance

=Tuesday, Dec. 9= Serious norm breakers-looking at [|deviance] After reading through the definition of deviance with a partner answer the following questions and be prepared to discuss.

6. Describe something considered deviant that you personally (and your partner) do not consider deviant.
=Wednesday, Dec. 10th &Thursday, Dec. 11th= Work Time On your
 * [|Criminal Deviant Project]-**

=Friday, Dec. 12th & Monday, Dec. 15th= [|Criminal Deviants (mini-presentation)] [|Deviance Organizer and Reflection]

[|Why Cheaters and Liars Think They Are Honest Wonderful People] Write out your own definition: What is deviance? what does it mean to be a deviant?
 * Read the summary of the [|theories of deviance] and fill out the corresponding organizer.

IF you finish with the organizer, use the space provided on your red sheet to answer the following questions:

 * === Which theory would support the concept that deviance is a bi-product of the fact that the American Dream is unattainable and explain why? ===
 * === Which theory do you agree with most and why? ===
 * === Which theory do you find the most disturbing or unsettling and why? ===
 * === Which theory dominates American society and culture? How do you know? ===

= = The profile of deviants [|Bradley Manning] What makes this individuals deviant within their perspective situations/cultures?

How is deviance and deviant behavior depicted in the media? What role does the media play in regulating deviant and non-deviant behavior?

= = In pairs, read through the slideshow on Media and Deviance and answer the questions that follow on your own piece of paper (make sure both your names are on the paper) >> •**Increase deviant activity** >> •**Change to another (deviant) activity** **not yet the centre of media and** **public interest** >> •**Decrease or cease (deviant) activity** >> Turn in your paper at the end of the period-no exceptions!
 * What is the role of Media in Crime and Deviance? (give examples)
 * How are moral panics created? Give an example of a moral panic or a possible moral panic.
 * Do you agree or disagree with McRobbie and Thorton's theory on moral panics? Explain your answer.
 * Which of the following responses by Deviants do you think is most likely and explain why:
 * **Those labelled as the problem group may respond to in a number of ways:**

= = Your task is to find an article that is an example of how the media can create a "moral panic" and/or scapegoating a particular group, idea, or concept. Once you have found your article, print it, and then identify the elements of a moral panic within the article
 * Exaggeration and distortion
 * Self-fulfilling prophecies
 * Symbolisation/folk devil
 * How has/does the rejected group respond?
 * What is the public response?
 * Which of the following does the article do? (can be more than 1 thing)
 * reflect, create, sensationalize, stereotype, react, label

= = Today you will share out in small groups your article from yesterday's task. I will put you in groups of 3 to discuss your articles what it says about media and deviance.

Give a summary of your article: Who is the deviant group and how are they represented?

How does the media shape how you think/feel about the deviant group in your article?

Opinion questions to be discussed at table groups and then as a whole class

How does the media exert "social" control in society?

What are some examples of how the media perpetuates what is "normal" and what is "deviant"?

Should the media control what we think is normal? What are the alternatives?

Prior to the internet age how were social norms enforced and deviance identified?

How the media works-an example of morality in the media Does this article "reflect, create, sensationalize, stereotype, react, label? What is the purpose and intent of[| this article]? Who are the deviants? How are they portrayed?

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