Reel Society

INSTRUCTIONS: The links below take you to video clips from Reel Society, a unique movie that brings sociology to life through the use of actors and scenarios involving life on campus, in the community, and within the family. These clips allow you to explore a wide variety of topics and issues, including culture, socialization, marriage and family, inequality, race and ethnicity, deviance, the media, social change, and more.

View the videos, answer the following questions below and discuss your answers with your classmates and instructor.


1			Culture & Subculture: Dave's Slam Channel Profile Broadband (11458.0K) Dial-up (2095.0K) Are the various racial and ethnic groups in the United States also subcultures? Explain your response. Imagine a person who does not belong to any subcultures at all. Describe this person in an essay. Does he or she really exist? What does this tell you about the role of subcultures in our society?




2			Norms & Social Groups: Dave's Piercing Broadband (6797.0K) Dial-up (1258.0K) How important is it to have mores? Make a list of about five mores in American culture. In an essay, explore what life would be like without these mores to guide our behavior. In general, are the changes you envision positive or negative? Select a social group to which you belong, and a social group to which you do not belong. Analyze whether, and how, folkways differ across these two groups. Is there any broader significance in the types of folkways that are different?

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