The Meaning of Social Control

Steven Mimms
I. Yes!! Violence only causes more violence. We can use other method in keeping our people under social control. Communication and giving people therapy, rehabilitation is the key to controlling our society. Most violence comes from people who are not in a stable society or social group. Getting people who are violence in a positive society and social group will keep them under control. They will see as an individual have good norm, good manner, and being morality is good social value. So violence is not the key to keeping our society under control. We live in a better economy that also help keeps people from being violence. We can change policy to help keep our social society in control, VIOLENCE is not the key.
II. It very importance to keep social control in church and universities, because people want to be in a safe. People want to go to church and universities that have respectable, well-manner, and under control people. I wouldn’t want my kids going to universities that allow deviance or don’t have any social control. Can you image churches and universities allow deviance and didn’t have ANY social control, there be some much violence. People learn bad behavior from other people or social group.

Bowling Alone

1. It the concept, which refers to connections within and between social networks. , which have been described as "something of a cure-all"[1] for the problems of modern society, they tend to share the core idea "that social networks have value. Social capital give positive levels of better schools, faster economic growth, more effective government, and lower crime.

2. It’s like bowling; it’s just you by yourself in control of everything. So in this story everybody is in it for themselves. People are less trusting these days.

3. Increase. There are more women in the workforce, in political, starting more organization, in the military, and in school. Women have become more independent now then there where when I was growing up. My mom stays home when I was growing up. Most women stayed home to take care of the kids and the house. Now day’s kids go to daycare or school and women are WORKING.
Women comprise half the Indian population and account for nearly 1/3rd of the total
workforce. The 1 991 Census estimated about 90 million women workers, out of the total
workforce of about 314 million. Women are increasingly entering the labor market.
While official work participation rates of women (22.7%) lag behind those of men
(52.6%), women’s work participation rates grew from 14.2 percent (1971) to 22.7 percent
(1991), a period during which male participation rate actually declined slightly.

Symbols: Meaning and Interpreation

1) A lot of church sign. Some have good message on there board. Some have message that want people to believe in Jesus Christ. Some talk about the world crisis like, war, natural disaster, end of time etc. Most invite new people to come to there church. BELIEVE!!!
2) Most people are just making opinion, gesture, comments, or better yet just plain saying what’s on their mind or how they feel. The one way to get a person attention is picture, symbol, and sticker.
3) Well symbol have meaning. Its also is a very important communication tool that we use everyday. Texting, sign-language, body-movement are symbol we use.
4) Its make communication easier, it’s a lot faster, it looks cool, and people enjoy using symbol.
5) That the community are interacting with each other and people are beginning to trust each other by communicating with there neighbor.

McDonaldization and Starbuckization

I. They try to present a warm and safe environment that they care about their customer and their employee. The dress in nice, neat uniform. So when customers see the environment that Starbuck or McDonald presents it creates specific impression.
II. By showing people there care about them and treat there employee nice, making people come back for more. So more customer means more profit. People love good impressions!
III. Most employees are putting on a theatrical performance instead of being themselves.
IV. By trying to be someone there’d not. People aren’t really smiling, shaking hands, for friendliness, there putting on an act or performance to get you to come back.
V. Bureaucracy- Bad!!! , because you are constantly being told what to do, how to do it. Too much time is put in Bureaucracy, too many people, rules, and meeting. You have NO FREEDOM!!!

Girls like Me

 The Family: Family is important to all kids and teenager, because we don’t want to let our family down. Most of African American grows up watching, and learning from somebody in the family that influences us in some kind of way. For example, most boy want to grow up being like their dad, big brother or uncle. Most girls want to grow up being like their mom or aunt. So when most African American grows up they were taught to date their own race. So what these girls were talking about was that they were trying to be better then their family or competing with them.

 The Mass Media: Television is another important socialization in these girl lives. Girls are more vulnerable than boy. Girls self -esteem drives them try to become better than what they are. So when they see somebody on TV that draw there attention, becoming like that person is their priority. Tara Banks is a fine example, she beautiful, thin; a model and have a TV show. So when young African American girl see her their like WOW I would love to be like her. Within that time fame they begin to change who they are by losing weight, cutting their hair, using make-up, and talking different.

Turtleman

1. Do habit, hobbies, and behavior vary according to social class? Yes! It all depends on with culture and your environment. It all the Turtle man seen growing up, so he adapt to his surround, and norms.

2. What element of high culture tells us something about particular subcultures of our mainstream society? Symbols, language, values, and beliefs, and norms.

3. What elements of popular culture give us a better understanding of the general pattern of behavior of individuals? Race, environment, family, and education.

4. How does understanding what group of people do for fun and entertainment provide insight into their values, attitude, and beliefs? It provides us with who watches certain movies, playing different video games, why does certain group believe in comic books.

Chapter 2: Research

1. That people are united and are one-minded , also that commentators using misleading polls.

2. Most socioloists do tests and refine their theories.

3. By measuring yeild consistent results.

4. If the socioloists is passion and deicated on finding the truth, then Yes. They are highly educated people.

5. By doing research with people in different social structure, group, and individuals.