PurpishG Man dances whilst shoplifting in New Jersey [Unknown] The Telegraph November 10, 2011 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/8882508/Man-dances-whilst-shoplifting-in-New-Jersey.html
With my breaching experiment, I could easily look at this short article (with video) & realize the way that he was using my breaching experiment. The article explains how a guy was dancing while shopping, which isn't of the norm. Of course he was caught on camera for shoplifting in K-Mart (deviant action), but while dancing in the process, I'm sure that other customers were looking at him odd. We were not taught, but we know and have a idea that we go into public and shop as civilized people. Of course showing manners and acting as though we have home training. But as the article states and video shows, he performs a known act of breaching which is breaking the "taken-for-granted" rules of interaction. -Garfinkel
Codeword: Carmelo Title: Synthetic Marijuana Linked to Heart Attacks in Teens Author: Shari Roan Date: November 8, 2011 Link: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/08/news/la-heb-marijuana-heart-attacks-20111108
This article talks about how recently, three teenagers suffered from heart attacks after smoking spice, a synthetic form of the drug marijuana that is becoming popular amongst young adults as they don’t appear on toxicology. All three teenage boys survived and incidents like this are reasons why states are looking to outlaw this drug. Pressured by peers, many teens like these three boys, probably felt weight building on their shoulder to fit in with friends who do smoke marijuana but felt spice wasn’t as bad and engaging in this act to this audience will have them fit in. Playing this role, as seen from a dramaturgical perspective developed by Goffman, allow teens to perform in front of their peers, carefully choosing their emotions to be considered part of “in crowd.”
1.Swimming 2.A Portable Glow to Help Melt Those Winter Blues 3.Roni Caryn Rabin 4.The New York Times 5.November 14, 2011 6.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/health/policy/light-boxes-may-help-melt-those-winter-blues.html
This light box product is a very unique concept that definitely has some medical validity because it is being supported by doctors and researchers working on cures for depression with the hope that the light box product will be used in more medical care plans as it is further developed and researched. According to Berger, the medical community that endorses this light box product could be considered an institution, a large-scale social structure. Institutions exist separate from individuals and act upon and control individual behaviors, so in the case of the light box product its goal is to control the biological clock and depression. Institutions are created by a three step process, humans acting upon their social work, the actions become objectified and then there are habitualized actions that become institutionalized. For example, a depressed individual could see another individual using the light box product, they then decide to try the light box product and then it becomes a part of their routine. According to the notes, we act, form habits, others react to the habits and adopt them; at that point they become institutions.
2008c300 Kansas City Bishop Makes Deal to Avoid More Criminal Charges G. SULZBERGER and LAURIE GOODSTEIN The New York Times November 15, 2001 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/us/kansas-city-bishop-makes-deal-to-avoid-more-criminal-charges.html?hp GOFFMAN Recently a bishop from Kansas City by the name of Robert Finn was accused of having withheld information on sex offenses involving minors from the authorities. The case echoes the recent allegation surrounds the Penn State scandal. Finn allegedly knew about pornographic images of children taken by and stored on the computer of a priest in his parish since December of last year; but did not report it until May of this year. This kind of publicity is obviously not the sort of image that Finn wants to be “selling” to the public. With his performance having been mismanaged and obviously having lost face Finn did the only thing he or any other human can be expected to have done – performed one of the four aligning actions to restore his identity that has been damaged and to return order to the situation. In a public statement Finn claimed “The children of our community must be our first priority,” the bishop said. “Each deserves no more and no less. I stand ready to do all within my power not only to satisfy this agreement but also to ensure the welfare and safety of all children under our care.” Finn has not denied the wrongness of his acts or in his case the wrongness of his inability to act. He has also made many efforts to account for his inactions and is going as far as to discuss possible remedies to prevent reoccurrences, not just by himself but by anyone in similar situations.
1. sexiib22 2. Penn State Scandal: Sandusky Breaks Silence to Deny Charges 3. Kevin Dolak 4. ABC News 5. November 15, 2011 6. http://www.myabc50.com/news/local/story/Penn-State-Scandal-Sandusky-Breaks-Silence-to/5EUJdCwajUKEnHGeLc0RlQ.cspx
The recent Penn State scandal has shocked many people throughout the country. Jerry Sandusky allegedly sexually abused eight boys over the course of 15 years. The alleged offender took aligning action and recently denied any responsibility of the charges brought against him. According to Goffman’s study of Dramaturgy, this is Sandusky’s account. The verbal statement that Sandusky made is an excuse for the charges that were brought against him. He acknowledges the fact that abusing a child is against the law, but he denies breaking any laws. The goal of aligning action is to minimize stigma, therefore, the excuse that Sandusky made is only a way for him to minimize the deeply discrediting characteristic of being a sexual offender which is viewed as an obstacle to competent or morally trustworthy behavior
Freebird Are Child Molesters Really the Most Hated People in Prison? Brian Palmer Slate November 15, 2011 http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/friend_or_foe/2011/11/my_friend_won_t_shut_up_about_her_kids_advice_from_friend_or_foe_.html
It seems most likely that child molesters would be the most hated people in prison because the other prisoners consider them to be “dirty” inmates. This “dirty” label put on child molesters determines how the other prisoners feel and act towards them. Although, all inmates have committed crimes they will not be harassed for the crimes they committed because certain crimes are respected by other inmates. The meanings inmates assign to crimes defines how some individuals will be treated and acclimate to prison life. Child molesters are harassed and treated poorly by other inmates but the meaning of violating prison norms is much more severe than being a “dirty” inmate. Within prison society meanings of crimes differ according to the social hierarchy in the prison population. The perceptions and interpretations of crimes in prison depend on the meanings associated with the social construction of prison society. The negative treatment of child molesters is based on a system of thought that has been socially constructed in free and incarcerated society. Crimes against children are socially constructed to be thought as the most heinous crimes that an individual can commit. Most inmates concede that killing child molesters is a public service. The poor treatment of child molesters from other inmates is habitual. It is adopted into the prison institution because it has become an internalized practice for inmates.
Cord Name: HY15B Title: Whatever Court Rules, Major Changes in Health Care Likely to Last Authors: Reed Abelson, Gardiner Harris, and Robert Pear Source: The New York Time Date: 11/14/2011 Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/health/policy/health-care-is-changing-despite-federal-uncertainty.html
The article about the Health Care Law is about how whatever the outcome is about the supreme court ruling is the case, there are some major changes in the health care law that would likely last. Because are a lot of people are getting used to some of the new law in the health care. What this article is talking about reminded me of the Berger and Luckman idea of the social construction of reality. Base on Berger and Luckman concept of institution the new health care is an institution; large-scale social structure that exist separate from individual, but it act upon and control individual behavior. And that is how the health care is. In addition we as human also create this institution. For example the laws in the health care will become institution because of how we have reacted to some of the changes in the health care law, and because it has become a habit for us to have health insurance or to need health care in our society. In the article the authors say that most of the law in the health care has been see as a positive outcome for many. For example the idea for children to be under their parent health care insurance until they are 23, and for people to be insure for pre-existing condition has had a are positive impact to people and it has become part of people reality. In time this reality is what would become internalized.
Molly22 Date: November 16, 2011 Title: Occupying the First Amendment Author: Raymond Vasvari Link: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2011/11/occupy_wall_street_police_raid_what_zuccotti_park_teaches_us_about_public_spaces_and_citizen_protest.html
The Occupy Wall Street Movement is a classic example of citizens of the U.S. utilizing their First Amendment right. Its origin resides in the hearts of individuals across the U.S. who are upset with Wall Street and big corporations. The peaceful protests have sparked attention nationwide and have gained momentum. Although, the Occupy Wall Street Movement has been a peaceful protest so far, excluding the isolated events that have occurred in Oakland, California, many local officials and police are not fond of the movement. Moreover, many publicly support the First Amendment; nonetheless behind closed doors, it seems like the local and state politicians are fed up with the protest. This has been demonstrated in how the police raided Zuccoti Park, a privately owned park and ordered the people to get out. Afterwards, the mayor publicly exemplified support for the First Amendment and sympathy for the individuals who were forced to leave. Hence, this exemplifies that behind closed doors, he is not supportive of the movement and is playing both cards. Perhaps, the reason why local and state politicians are not concerned and supportive of the Occupy Wall Street Movement is due to the fact that they are apart of a large-scale social structure and they are exempt from dealing with the plight of everyday woes like homelessness, unemployment, and sickness. The politicians are acting upon their social world and inside of that social world nothing is wrong. It’s a paradox. The politicians are creating these institutions that are making people protest and start movements such as Occupy Wall Street. The Occupy Wall Street Movement is symbolic of how society feels about Wall Street and big corporations. People are upset and they want change immediately.
1. cupcake 2. A Portable Glow to Help Melt Those Winter Blues 3. Roni Rabin 4. New York Times 5. November 14, 2011 6. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/health/policy/light-boxes-may-help-melt-those-winter-blues.html?_r=1
In the article "A Portable Glow to Help Melt Those Winter Blues," Rabin discusses how a light box can be a useful item to purchase for those suffering from seasonal affective disorder. When I read this article, I immediately thought it sounded like Berger and Luckman's idea of social constructionism. This idea of light therapy is interested in assigning meaning to the winter blues one feels during the winter season that usually result in "crawling back into bed and eating cookie dough," as the article states. Since this light box is helping Ms. Brehm overcome her seasonal affective disorder and remain awake and alert during the day, she is assigning a special meaning to this object because the light box is helping her overcome her disorder and be successful during her days. It could be this meaning that she is assigning to the light box that is helping to change how she feels and acts during her days too since she expects for this light therapy to work. However, someone who does not suffer from SAD, would probably just view this box as a strange light source or just a simple light box.
1. Khaki 2. Naked Cowboy to Host Oyster Dinner in Chicago on Wednesday 3. Joseph Erbentraut 4. Huffington Post 5. November 15, 2011 6. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/15/naked-cowboy-to-host-oyst_n_1095827.html This could not be a finer example of my breaching experiments. The naked cowboy has become famous for breaching an assumption that we have taken for granted in our society. Our assumption is that when in a public place you generally wear appropriate clothing and if you for some chance aren't wearing appropriate clothing you try to hide yourself. However, the naked cowboy has done the exact opposite and has breached this contract we think we have with society. The naked cowboys standing in the middle of New York city and plays a guitar in nothing but a pair of underwear with the words "The Naked Cowboy" written on the back side of his underwear. This breach of our assumptions on reality has made him quite famous. That in this article he has been invited to Chicago to help in hosting an oyster dinner. Sometimes these breaches of reality can help us realize our own sense of reality and our unwritten rules we take for granted.
Jersey Facebook Eliminates Most of its Porn Image Spam Attack Site doesn’t show author name BBC News November 16, 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15753549
For the past couple of weeks Facebook has been showing images that are pornographic and are very disturbing. Many users at the time decided to just stay off the site until the problem was fixed. Certainly a lot of people believed that it was some kind of hacker who invaded everyone privacy. The people at Facebook headquarters were notified about the problem and are in the process of fixing it. Whoever the hacker was certain breached using social media. A lot of times unsusceptible users would click something wrong on the page and next thing you know they are spamming everyone wall. This is a form of breaching, because when one is to login on to Facebook seeing images that are pornographic are not apart of the site. One doesn’t use Facebook to exploit others or body parts.
Indiana Unpaid Interns: Real World Work or Just Free Labor? Beenish Ahmed National Public Radio November 16, 2011 http://www.npr.org/2011/11/12/142224360/unpaid-interns-real-world-work-or-just-free-labor
Internships look great on a resume, but about half of the 1 million Americans who interned last year did so for free. There is an open class-action lawsuit against Fox Searchlight Pictures for violation of labor laws which have restrictions for unpaid labor. The recent wave of popularity for unpaid internships has accompanied the rising demands on college graduates to enter the workforce. The concept of an educated individual working for free as a prerequisite to just applying for a position sounds like an experiment in breaching (Garfinkel). “Everyone knows” that the most common reason for pursuing an education is to get a job, and after getting a job you have to work to make money. This is challenged by the article and as the societal rule of hard work leading to financial reward is broken. Unpaid interns are realizing that their position is mostly for the benefit of the institution but limits their individual agency because they are at a disadvantage after giving up time and still not being able to cover basic living expenses.
1.CAYASSO 2.Recycling hotel soap to save lives 3.Ebonne Ruffins 4.CNN 5.June 16, 2011 6.http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/16/cnnheroes.kayongo.hotel.soap/index.html
Derreck Kayongo, a native from war torn Uganda has chosen to make a difference in a nation-wide phenomenon that is ravaging and ultimately killing the children of his country. In his home of Uganda, millions of children die every day of diarrheal disease that could easily be combated with the simple sanitation procedure of washing your hands. The solution? Collecting barely used and discarded soap from hotels, recycling it and donating it! As a country that is ruled by a ruthless militant dictator, and where mass torture and killings are a common occurrence, rampant poverty, destitution and disease are even more common. This is why Kayongo took it upon himself (along with his father) to establish his Atlanta based Global Soap initiative, where he donates all of the recycled soap to needy and near poverty families in Uganda and around the world.
The philanthropic actions that Kayongo has initiated to help third world countries around the world, illustrates the correlation Gidden’s micro- and macro- level of agency versus structure. Gidden’s “agency” is Kayongo’s action and relief to Uganda through his Global Soap Program, but also his realization of the bigger, global problem at hand -- lack of access to basic sanitation. The “structure” in which he is acting on is the political regime of the Ugandan dictator, Iman where poverty is a prevalent. In this example, rejecting the notion that agency and structuralism are polar opposites is indeed correct. As we see individuals like Derreck Kayongo have the power to make a difference in society, however not the ability to shape history as they please. In this case, as Giddens’ would describe this interaction between agency and structure as a “dialectic interplay.”
Muppet Lets all Feel Superior David Brooks The New York Times Nov 14, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/opinion/brooks-lets-all-feel-superior.html
In "Lets all Feel Superior", Brooks acknowledges that the way we think in our minds is not necessarily what we show the world. He talks about experiments and situations in which in theory when people asked what they would do in a particular predicament many would answer one way, but when faced with the situation at hand not even 25% of the subjects actually acted the way they said. He gave examples such as the Kitty Genovese case demonstrating the Bystander effect; the more witnesses to a crime the less likely anyone is to respond to it. This article mirrors the ways in which Garfinkle theorized people to act when their reality is breached, If one continues to act as if nothing is wrong then the audience becomes confused and they will start to act in ways that bring normalcy back to their reality. They do this by assuming someone else will help that person in need, or forcing their mind to ignore a awkward picture in front of them. People assume they know how they will react in a situation if it were to occur, but in reality, for a vast majority of people, when reality is breached, they can not handle it and they reinterpret it to fit into their reality, as described in the article.
1. Rams26 2. The New Progressive Movement 3.Jeffrey D. Sachs 4. New York Times 5. November 12, 2011 6.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/the-new-progressive-movement.html?_r=1
This article discusses the new movement seen in the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations and the chants of being the 99%. It discusses how there is a new progressive movement that has been seen atleast 2 times before in the USA; in the late 1800s with the trustbusters and then when Franklin D. Roosvelt got into office and made the new deal. This cycle is coming back to the American people being more porgressive as the last 30 years have been a push for Reagan beliefs that little government should exist and thus little taxes. We have seen that this clearly does not work and people are protesting. These cycles are an example of Berger and Luckman’s idea of the Social Construction of Reality and how eventually the people awake to the ideas pushed on them and stand up against these constructions. The big corporations and business schools have drilled into the American people that no regulation is good for us, even though quiet obviously it is good for them and not for the people as a whole. This is the first step of this social reality; if people are told enough times the same thing, and do not think for themselves, unfortunately take it as truth. The second step is objectifying the habit as believing that no taxes is good, which has been happening clearly pushed by the Republicans. The final step is habitualization. The idea of no taxes goes from this is what I have voted for many times to this is what I believe and how it is done. The Occupy Wall Street movement is the unspoken fourth step of realization of the error by large masses and finally protesting against these institutionalized beliefs.
1. Lynnered 2. Health Insurance and the Brocoli Test 3. Einer Elhauge 4. New York Times 5. November 15,2011 6. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/opinion/health-insurance-and-the-broccoli-test.html?_r=1
We perform certain habitualized actions in which others react to, which ultimately become institutionalized. Over time the concept of obtaining health insurance has become a must in our society in order to maintain our lifestyles. It was not necessary from the beginning for every individual within the country to obtain this insurance, but overtime it has become a habitualized practice. From there, it has become an industry in and of itself. To force this upon the American public is to force this institution upon those who may have not found this habitual practice a necessity, as the American government has. The context the government is referring to is the context within the Constitution's commercial clause. Because the law being passed means that anyone involved with commercial activity must have health insurance, everyone will have to buy it (there is no way to not be involved with commercial activity). Others may find this knowledge subjective. Certain individuals may not find this of importance as the government does. These individuals assign their own separate meaning to it that may contradict the government's view.
Schmady Teaching Good Sex Laurie Abraham New York Times 11/16/2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/magazine/teaching-good-sex.html?_r=1
As a growing part of social interaction, sex has become more and more important in our young social lives. We have grown dependent on our ability to not only "do" sex correctly, but do it well and better than everyone else. we create images of ourselves of being "well-sexed" or experienced at having sex. We have created a culture of sex where we have to know the vernacular of our actions along with how to do it well. As we play our roles, we perceive how we are seen from the outside. We hope that we can back up our inflated stories of experience, and we act how we think we are supposed to in order to be a good lover.
At the top of each post you must list the following information: 1. Your Codeword 2. Title of the news article you choose (see suggestions below) 3. Author of the news article 4. Source of the news article 5. Date of the news article 6. Link (url) to the news article
Those six lines should be followed by your reflection from the perspective of the social theorist you choose from the list of options for each due date. A reflection is not a summary. Instead, what you are expected to do is to thoroughly read the news article of your choice and reflect on it from the perspective of one of the assigned Social Theorists. Note that your reflection may include a bit of summary, but it must not consist entirely of summarizing the article. Good reflections will analyze the issue discussed in the article from the perspective of one of the assigned Social Theorists; outstanding posts will even take the voice (write in the tone and style of) the Social Theorist. Reflections should be a minimum of one paragraph. They must be posted no later than 4pm on the due date below and the article you choose must have been published within two weeks of the due date. There are 3 points possible of Extra Credit for each post.
PurpishG
ReplyDeleteMan dances whilst shoplifting in New Jersey
[Unknown]
The Telegraph
November 10, 2011
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newsvideo/weirdnewsvideo/8882508/Man-dances-whilst-shoplifting-in-New-Jersey.html
With my breaching experiment, I could easily look at this short article (with video) & realize the way that he was using my breaching experiment. The article explains how a guy was dancing while shopping, which isn't of the norm. Of course he was caught on camera for shoplifting in K-Mart (deviant action), but while dancing in the process, I'm sure that other customers were looking at him odd. We were not taught, but we know and have a idea that we go into public and shop as civilized people. Of course showing manners and acting as though we have home training. But as the article states and video shows, he performs a known act of breaching which is breaking the "taken-for-granted" rules of interaction.
-Garfinkel
Codeword: Carmelo
ReplyDeleteTitle: Synthetic Marijuana Linked to Heart Attacks in Teens
Author: Shari Roan
Date: November 8, 2011
Link: http://articles.latimes.com/2011/nov/08/news/la-heb-marijuana-heart-attacks-20111108
This article talks about how recently, three teenagers suffered from heart attacks after smoking spice, a synthetic form of the drug marijuana that is becoming popular amongst young adults as they don’t appear on toxicology. All three teenage boys survived and incidents like this are reasons why states are looking to outlaw this drug. Pressured by peers, many teens like these three boys, probably felt weight building on their shoulder to fit in with friends who do smoke marijuana but felt spice wasn’t as bad and engaging in this act to this audience will have them fit in. Playing this role, as seen from a dramaturgical perspective developed by Goffman, allow teens to perform in front of their peers, carefully choosing their emotions to be considered part of “in crowd.”
1.Swimming
ReplyDelete2.A Portable Glow to Help Melt Those Winter Blues
3.Roni Caryn Rabin
4.The New York Times
5.November 14, 2011
6.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/health/policy/light-boxes-may-help-melt-those-winter-blues.html
This light box product is a very unique concept that definitely has some medical validity because it is being supported by doctors and researchers working on cures for depression with the hope that the light box product will be used in more medical care plans as it is further developed and researched. According to Berger, the medical community that endorses this light box product could be considered an institution, a large-scale social structure. Institutions exist separate from individuals and act upon and control individual behaviors, so in the case of the light box product its goal is to control the biological clock and depression. Institutions are created by a three step process, humans acting upon their social work, the actions become objectified and then there are habitualized actions that become institutionalized. For example, a depressed individual could see another individual using the light box product, they then decide to try the light box product and then it becomes a part of their routine. According to the notes, we act, form habits, others react to the habits and adopt them; at that point they become institutions.
2008c300
ReplyDeleteKansas City Bishop Makes Deal to Avoid More Criminal Charges
G. SULZBERGER and LAURIE GOODSTEIN
The New York Times
November 15, 2001
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/us/kansas-city-bishop-makes-deal-to-avoid-more-criminal-charges.html?hp
GOFFMAN
Recently a bishop from Kansas City by the name of Robert Finn was accused of having withheld information on sex offenses involving minors from the authorities. The case echoes the recent allegation surrounds the Penn State scandal. Finn allegedly knew about pornographic images of children taken by and stored on the computer of a priest in his parish since December of last year; but did not report it until May of this year. This kind of publicity is obviously not the sort of image that Finn wants to be “selling” to the public. With his performance having been mismanaged and obviously having lost face Finn did the only thing he or any other human can be expected to have done – performed one of the four aligning actions to restore his identity that has been damaged and to return order to the situation. In a public statement Finn claimed “The children of our community must be our first priority,” the bishop said. “Each deserves no more and no less. I stand ready to do all within my power not only to satisfy this agreement but also to ensure the welfare and safety of all children under our care.” Finn has not denied the wrongness of his acts or in his case the wrongness of his inability to act. He has also made many efforts to account for his inactions and is going as far as to discuss possible remedies to prevent reoccurrences, not just by himself but by anyone in similar situations.
1. sexiib22
ReplyDelete2. Penn State Scandal: Sandusky Breaks Silence to Deny Charges
3. Kevin Dolak
4. ABC News
5. November 15, 2011
6. http://www.myabc50.com/news/local/story/Penn-State-Scandal-Sandusky-Breaks-Silence-to/5EUJdCwajUKEnHGeLc0RlQ.cspx
The recent Penn State scandal has shocked many people throughout the country. Jerry Sandusky allegedly sexually abused eight boys over the course of 15 years. The alleged offender took aligning action and recently denied any responsibility of the charges brought against him. According to Goffman’s study of Dramaturgy, this is Sandusky’s account. The verbal statement that Sandusky made is an excuse for the charges that were brought against him. He acknowledges the fact that abusing a child is against the law, but he denies breaking any laws. The goal of aligning action is to minimize stigma, therefore, the excuse that Sandusky made is only a way for him to minimize the deeply discrediting characteristic of being a sexual offender which is viewed as an obstacle to competent or morally trustworthy behavior
Freebird
ReplyDeleteAre Child Molesters Really the Most Hated People in Prison?
Brian Palmer
Slate
November 15, 2011
http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/friend_or_foe/2011/11/my_friend_won_t_shut_up_about_her_kids_advice_from_friend_or_foe_.html
It seems most likely that child molesters would be the most hated people in prison because the other prisoners consider them to be “dirty” inmates. This “dirty” label put on child molesters determines how the other prisoners feel and act towards them. Although, all inmates have committed crimes they will not be harassed for the crimes they committed because certain crimes are respected by other inmates. The meanings inmates assign to crimes defines how some individuals will be treated and acclimate to prison life. Child molesters are harassed and treated poorly by other inmates but the meaning of violating prison norms is much more severe than being a “dirty” inmate. Within prison society meanings of crimes differ according to the social hierarchy in the prison population. The perceptions and interpretations of crimes in prison depend on the meanings associated with the social construction of prison society. The negative treatment of child molesters is based on a system of thought that has been socially constructed in free and incarcerated society. Crimes against children are socially constructed to be thought as the most heinous crimes that an individual can commit. Most inmates concede that killing child molesters is a public service. The poor treatment of child molesters from other inmates is habitual. It is adopted into the prison institution because it has become an internalized practice for inmates.
Cord Name: HY15B
ReplyDeleteTitle: Whatever Court Rules, Major Changes in Health Care Likely to Last
Authors: Reed Abelson, Gardiner Harris, and Robert Pear
Source: The New York Time
Date: 11/14/2011
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/health/policy/health-care-is-changing-despite-federal-uncertainty.html
The article about the Health Care Law is about how whatever the outcome is about the supreme court ruling is the case, there are some major changes in the health care law that would likely last. Because are a lot of people are getting used to some of the new law in the health care. What this article is talking about reminded me of the Berger and Luckman idea of the social construction of reality.
Base on Berger and Luckman concept of institution the new health care is an institution; large-scale social structure that exist separate from individual, but it act upon and control individual behavior. And that is how the health care is. In addition we as human also create this institution. For example the laws in the health care will become institution because of how we have reacted to some of the changes in the health care law, and because it has become a habit for us to have health insurance or to need health care in our society.
In the article the authors say that most of the law in the health care has been see as a positive outcome for many. For example the idea for children to be under their parent health care insurance until they are 23, and for people to be insure for pre-existing condition has had a are positive impact to people and it has become part of people reality. In time this reality is what would become internalized.
Molly22
ReplyDeleteDate: November 16, 2011
Title: Occupying the First Amendment
Author: Raymond Vasvari
Link: http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2011/11/occupy_wall_street_police_raid_what_zuccotti_park_teaches_us_about_public_spaces_and_citizen_protest.html
The Occupy Wall Street Movement is a classic example of citizens of the U.S. utilizing their First Amendment right. Its origin resides in the hearts of individuals across the U.S. who are upset with Wall Street and big corporations. The peaceful protests have sparked attention nationwide and have gained momentum. Although, the Occupy Wall Street Movement has been a peaceful protest so far, excluding the isolated events that have occurred in Oakland, California, many local officials and police are not fond of the movement. Moreover, many publicly support the First Amendment; nonetheless behind closed doors, it seems like the local and state politicians are fed up with the protest. This has been demonstrated in how the police raided Zuccoti Park, a privately owned park and ordered the people to get out. Afterwards, the mayor publicly exemplified support for the First Amendment and sympathy for the individuals who were forced to leave. Hence, this exemplifies that behind closed doors, he is not supportive of the movement and is playing both cards.
Perhaps, the reason why local and state politicians are not concerned and supportive of the Occupy Wall Street Movement is due to the fact that they are apart of a large-scale social structure and they are exempt from dealing with the plight of everyday woes like homelessness, unemployment, and sickness. The politicians are acting upon their social world and inside of that social world nothing is wrong. It’s a paradox. The politicians are creating these institutions that are making people protest and start movements such as Occupy Wall Street. The Occupy Wall Street Movement is symbolic of how society feels about Wall Street and big corporations. People are upset and they want change immediately.
1. cupcake
ReplyDelete2. A Portable Glow to Help Melt Those Winter Blues
3. Roni Rabin
4. New York Times
5. November 14, 2011
6. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/health/policy/light-boxes-may-help-melt-those-winter-blues.html?_r=1
In the article "A Portable Glow to Help Melt Those Winter Blues," Rabin discusses how a light box can be a useful item to purchase for those suffering from seasonal affective disorder. When I read this article, I immediately thought it sounded like Berger and Luckman's idea of social constructionism. This idea of light therapy is interested in assigning meaning to the winter blues one feels during the winter season that usually result in "crawling back into bed and eating cookie dough," as the article states. Since this light box is helping Ms. Brehm overcome her seasonal affective disorder and remain awake and alert during the day, she is assigning a special meaning to this object because the light box is helping her overcome her disorder and be successful during her days. It could be this meaning that she is assigning to the light box that is helping to change how she feels and acts during her days too since she expects for this light therapy to work. However, someone who does not suffer from SAD, would probably just view this box as a strange light source or just a simple light box.
1. Khaki
ReplyDelete2. Naked Cowboy to Host Oyster Dinner in Chicago on Wednesday
3. Joseph Erbentraut
4. Huffington Post
5. November 15, 2011
6. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/15/naked-cowboy-to-host-oyst_n_1095827.html
This could not be a finer example of my breaching experiments. The naked cowboy has become famous for breaching an assumption that we have taken for granted in our society. Our assumption is that when in a public place you generally wear appropriate clothing and if you for some chance aren't wearing appropriate clothing you try to hide yourself. However, the naked cowboy has done the exact opposite and has breached this contract we think we have with society. The naked cowboys standing in the middle of New York city and plays a guitar in nothing but a pair of underwear with the words "The Naked Cowboy" written on the back side of his underwear. This breach of our assumptions on reality has made him quite famous. That in this article he has been invited to Chicago to help in hosting an oyster dinner. Sometimes these breaches of reality can help us realize our own sense of reality and our unwritten rules we take for granted.
Jersey
ReplyDeleteFacebook Eliminates Most of its Porn Image Spam Attack
Site doesn’t show author name
BBC News
November 16, 2011
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15753549
For the past couple of weeks Facebook has been showing images that are pornographic and are very disturbing. Many users at the time decided to just stay off the site until the problem was fixed. Certainly a lot of people believed that it was some kind of hacker who invaded everyone privacy. The people at Facebook headquarters were notified about the problem and are in the process of fixing it. Whoever the hacker was certain breached using social media. A lot of times unsusceptible users would click something wrong on the page and next thing you know they are spamming everyone wall. This is a form of breaching, because when one is to login on to Facebook seeing images that are pornographic are not apart of the site. One doesn’t use Facebook to exploit others or body parts.
Indiana
ReplyDeleteUnpaid Interns: Real World Work or Just Free Labor?
Beenish Ahmed
National Public Radio
November 16, 2011
http://www.npr.org/2011/11/12/142224360/unpaid-interns-real-world-work-or-just-free-labor
Internships look great on a resume, but about half of the 1 million Americans who interned last year did so for free. There is an open class-action lawsuit against Fox Searchlight Pictures for violation of labor laws which have restrictions for unpaid labor. The recent wave of popularity for unpaid internships has accompanied the rising demands on college graduates to enter the workforce. The concept of an educated individual working for free as a prerequisite to just applying for a position sounds like an experiment in breaching (Garfinkel). “Everyone knows” that the most common reason for pursuing an education is to get a job, and after getting a job you have to work to make money. This is challenged by the article and as the societal rule of hard work leading to financial reward is broken. Unpaid interns are realizing that their position is mostly for the benefit of the institution but limits their individual agency because they are at a disadvantage after giving up time and still not being able to cover basic living expenses.
1.CAYASSO
ReplyDelete2.Recycling hotel soap to save lives
3.Ebonne Ruffins
4.CNN
5.June 16, 2011
6.http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/16/cnnheroes.kayongo.hotel.soap/index.html
Derreck Kayongo, a native from war torn Uganda has chosen to make a difference in a nation-wide phenomenon that is ravaging and ultimately killing the children of his country. In his home of Uganda, millions of children die every day of diarrheal disease that could easily be combated with the simple sanitation procedure of washing your hands. The solution? Collecting barely used and discarded soap from hotels, recycling it and donating it! As a country that is ruled by a ruthless militant dictator, and where mass torture and killings are a common occurrence, rampant poverty, destitution and disease are even more common. This is why Kayongo took it upon himself (along with his father) to establish his Atlanta based Global Soap initiative, where he donates all of the recycled soap to needy and near poverty families in Uganda and around the world.
The philanthropic actions that Kayongo has initiated to help third world countries around the world, illustrates the correlation Gidden’s micro- and macro- level of agency versus structure. Gidden’s “agency” is Kayongo’s action and relief to Uganda through his Global Soap Program, but also his realization of the bigger, global problem at hand -- lack of access to basic sanitation. The “structure” in which he is acting on is the political regime of the Ugandan dictator, Iman where poverty is a prevalent. In this example, rejecting the notion that agency and structuralism are polar opposites is indeed correct. As we see individuals like Derreck Kayongo have the power to make a difference in society, however not the ability to shape history as they please. In this case, as Giddens’ would describe this interaction between agency and structure as a “dialectic interplay.”
Muppet
ReplyDeleteLets all Feel Superior
David Brooks
The New York Times
Nov 14, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/opinion/brooks-lets-all-feel-superior.html
In "Lets all Feel Superior", Brooks acknowledges that the way we think in our minds is not necessarily what we show the world. He talks about experiments and situations in which in theory when people asked what they would do in a particular predicament many would answer one way, but when faced with the situation at hand not even 25% of the subjects actually acted the way they said. He gave examples such as the Kitty Genovese case demonstrating the Bystander effect; the more witnesses to a crime the less likely anyone is to respond to it. This article mirrors the ways in which Garfinkle theorized people to act when their reality is breached, If one continues to act as if nothing is wrong then the audience becomes confused and they will start to act in ways that bring normalcy back to their reality. They do this by assuming someone else will help that person in need, or forcing their mind to ignore a awkward picture in front of them. People assume they know how they will react in a situation if it were to occur, but in reality, for a vast majority of people, when reality is breached, they can not handle it and they reinterpret it to fit into their reality, as described in the article.
1. Rams26
ReplyDelete2. The New Progressive Movement
3.Jeffrey D. Sachs
4. New York Times
5. November 12, 2011
6.http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/opinion/sunday/the-new-progressive-movement.html?_r=1
This article discusses the new movement seen in the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations and the chants of being the 99%. It discusses how there is a new progressive movement that has been seen atleast 2 times before in the USA; in the late 1800s with the trustbusters and then when Franklin D. Roosvelt got into office and made the new deal. This cycle is coming back to the American people being more porgressive as the last 30 years have been a push for Reagan beliefs that little government should exist and thus little taxes. We have seen that this clearly does not work and people are protesting. These cycles are an example of Berger and Luckman’s idea of the Social Construction of Reality and how eventually the people awake to the ideas pushed on them and stand up against these constructions. The big corporations and business schools have drilled into the American people that no regulation is good for us, even though quiet obviously it is good for them and not for the people as a whole. This is the first step of this social reality; if people are told enough times the same thing, and do not think for themselves, unfortunately take it as truth. The second step is objectifying the habit as believing that no taxes is good, which has been happening clearly pushed by the Republicans. The final step is habitualization. The idea of no taxes goes from this is what I have voted for many times to this is what I believe and how it is done. The Occupy Wall Street movement is the unspoken fourth step of realization of the error by large masses and finally protesting against these institutionalized beliefs.
1. Lynnered
ReplyDelete2. Health Insurance and the Brocoli Test
3. Einer Elhauge
4. New York Times
5. November 15,2011
6. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/16/opinion/health-insurance-and-the-broccoli-test.html?_r=1
We perform certain habitualized actions in which others react to, which ultimately become institutionalized. Over time the concept of obtaining health insurance has become a must in our society in order to maintain our lifestyles. It was not necessary from the beginning for every individual within the country to obtain this insurance, but overtime it has become a habitualized practice. From there, it has become an industry in and of itself. To force this upon the American public is to force this institution upon those who may have not found this habitual practice a necessity, as the American government has. The context the government is referring to is the context within the Constitution's commercial clause. Because the law being passed means that anyone involved with commercial activity must have health insurance, everyone will have to buy it (there is no way to not be involved with commercial activity). Others may find this knowledge subjective. Certain individuals may not find this of importance as the government does. These individuals assign their own separate meaning to it that may contradict the government's view.
Schmady
ReplyDeleteTeaching Good Sex
Laurie Abraham
New York Times
11/16/2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/20/magazine/teaching-good-sex.html?_r=1
As a growing part of social interaction, sex has become more and more important in our young social lives. We have grown dependent on our ability to not only "do" sex correctly, but do it well and better than everyone else. we create images of ourselves of being "well-sexed" or experienced at having sex. We have created a culture of sex where we have to know the vernacular of our actions along with how to do it well. As we play our roles, we perceive how we are seen from the outside. We hope that we can back up our inflated stories of experience, and we act how we think we are supposed to in order to be a good lover.