As announced in class, I'd like you to write about your peer group. Preferrably not your classmates at CES which can also be considered your workplace, but your more stable group o friends outside university.I'm interested in:
- the culture of your group: values, habits, norms (informal, obviously)
- mechanisms of social control.What happens when a member shows deviant attitudes / behavior? A typical case is when a member "steals" somebody elses's boyfriend / girlfriend...does the group react in any way? So think of as many examples as possible of how your peer group functions in order to survive and reproduce its culture and norms.
- status issues. Does anybody enjoy a higher status in your group? What/who decides? Are there any status symbols? What do you have to do as an individual in order to increase your status in this specific group?
- anything else you may find sociologically relevant.
Hope you enjoy writing this.
