Violation of a Social Norm Speech-3

For this assignment, you will need to violate a minor social norm and then analyze the reactions of others who observed your “deviant” act. You may need to repeat your norm violation or continue engaging in it for a while in order to observe the changing reactions of others.

Warning: Remember that you are only being asked to violate a minor norm. Do NOT do anything that will frighten or alarm those around you. Do NOT do anything illegal.

Then, create a 3-5 minute speech which answers and explains the following questions:

1. What norm or social rule did you violate and what is normative behavior in this situation? What did you do? When and where?

2. Who was your audience? How did they perceive and define the “meaning” of your actions? How could you tell? That is, what reactions (verbal or nonverbal) did they direct toward you? Did different people react differently? (Consider age, gender and race factors)? Did anyone negatively sanction you? If so, how? What was the purpose of their sanction (e.g., ridicule, shame, to ensure conformity)?

3. How did violating this norm make you feel? How can you explain these feelings sociologically? (E.g., how are concepts such as socialization, internalization, social control, role-taking, and/or the looking-glass self-relevant?)

4. Would this act always be viewed as deviant or would it be acceptable in a different time or context?

Examples of Minor Norm Violations:

1. Cutting in on a line.

2. Interrupting someone constantly.

3. Walking backwards through campus.

4. Hanging out in a public bathroom.

5. Facing backwards in an elevator.

6. Invading another's personal space when talking to him/her.

7. Wearing your clothes inside out.

8. Walking your cat on a leash.

9. Eating food at a nice restaurant without using utensils.

10. Wearing clothing or engaging in actions typically associated with a person of the opposite gender.

GRADING OF SPEECH

- Be sure it is a polished speech, (practice)
- Be sure to have it written out and without grammar issues so you can read from it
- Be sure not to talk to fast or too slow
- Be sure to state a brief introduction as well as a concluding statement.
- Be sure to be somewhere quiet when recording, background noise will cause a point deduction as it is distracting.

Criteria

Achievement Level

Achievement Level 1

(0%)

Achievement Level 2

(60%)

Achievement Level 3

(80%)

Achievement Level 4

(100%)

Coverage

(40% Weighting)

0 percent
The questions were not answered, coverage is vague on what exactly was done

24 percent
Few questions listed were identified and discussed

32 percent
Most questions listed were identified and discussed

40 percent
All questions listed were identified and discussed

Examples

(40% Weighting)

0 percent
No examples provided to support coverage or unidentifiable due to clarity issues

24 percent
Few examples given to support, done so out of context. Content is so rushed the speech the points are hard to hear, hastily done

32 percent
Provides specific examples to support their report, but does not give examples for all questions listed

40 percent
Provides specific examples to support their report for all questions listed showing thoroughness of the assignment

Presentation

(20% Weighting)

0 percent
Three or more of the following was not present:
-Clear presentation
-Well organized
-no stuttering
-shows competency of info (not hastily done)
-no background noises

12 percent
Two of the following was not present:
-Clear presentation
-Well organized
-no stuttering
-shows competency of info (not hastily done)
-no background noises

16 percent
One of the following was not present:
-Clear presentation
-Well organized
-no stuttering
-shows competency of info (not hastily done)
-no background noises

20 percent
All of the following were present:
-Clear presentation
-Well organized
-no stuttering

Submit the audio in the dropbox below. This must be in a mp3, wav, or wmv file. NO aud/aup files will be allowed! Not following directions as well as checking your work once you have submitted the file will result in a zero on the assignment. If is YOUR responsibility to ensure directions are followed and what you turned in works (click it) See Video below on how to use Audacity and export files as wav.