The extra credit opportunity is to:
1. View the film below
2. In the COMMENTS SECTION of this post, choose one trend from the movie to write about. Apply all three theoretical perspectives to explain why this trend exists in America.
**This film was recommended to me, but it is biased!!! That means it was made by an activist; someone who wants to see the world change. In this case, the bias it wanting to create a global society in which everyone has a good stardard of living.
The views expressed in this film are not my own; the content is for you to use and analyze using sociology. You can earn up to 10 points for your response.
The trend i am going to talk about is abuse. weather its form a sixth grader being pushed by a seventh grader, or to a chronic murder, abuse is abuse. In a symbolic int. relations could be that people see this trend as bad. however there are those kids that watch TV and see the big bad bully as the cool guy because everyone likes him or because hes cool. kind of like the hulk, he destroys stuff and its seen as cool. For functionalism kids are put in schools, where they are constantly with other kids around their age, sometimes playing on the play grounds or cutting in lines could lead to a fight. sports aslo lead to action because the kids are taught in football to tackle one another to help benifit themselfs and their team mates. When kids grow up in the more "Ghetto" parts of town, they may witness more fights, and may have to learn to fight to protect themselfs. this is also conflict theory. the less wealthy some of people might have to be more violent because they are less protected. for example if a family is starving and a dad steels bread and has to fight a clerk then it will demonstrate more violence than if her were to be able to afford it for his family.
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ReplyDeleteIn this documentary, all the specialists talk about violence and the things that contribute to it. First they say that there is no way that it can be linked to genetics, by showing how diseases are genetic but personality traits are not. Next they talk about the impact of prenatal, infancy, and childhood experiences.
A conflict theorist would say that people in the lower class have a higher chance of becoming violent because of their experiences as an infant and child. Maybe their parents were too busy trying to work enough to pay the bills and the children in that household suffered a lot of neglect, causing them to have a higher chance of becoming violent.
Next, violence is functional for society because it of the jobs and money it creates. Although that sounds bad, the majority of people in jails are there because they committed a violent act. Police officers, guards, and jails would all have a lot less to do if there were no violence. The need for the professions would become tiny in comparison to what they are now.
Lastly, a symbolic interactionist would say that violence is a part of society because of our exposure to it from the media. Violence is such a major part of a lot of the movies nowadays because of the ability movie producers have to create the image that it is actually happening. The way our society sees violence has changed with technology, therefore more people are exposed to it, and at a younger age. Kids that play video games are starting younger and younger, and being exposed to that kind of violence at such a young age could easily play a part in whether that child grows up to be violent or not.
Overall, violence is a huge part of our society and I don't think it is possible to ever make that go away. There will always be kids growing up in a home with neglecting, or abusive parents, and the violence in the media will just continue to get more prominent as technology develops further.