Assignment

For this assignment, you will use what you've learned about symbolic interactionism to develop your own analysis.

Your assignment is to select a television program that you know contains social inequality or social class themes. In 3-5 pages make sure to provide the following:

• Provide a brief introduction that includes the program's title, describes the type of program, and explains which social theme you are addressing

• Describe and explain scenes that apply to the social theme.

• Identify all observed body language, facial expressions, gestures, posture stances, modes of dress, nonverbal cues, symbols, and any other observed nonverbal forms of communication in the scenes.

• Explain your interpretation of the meanings of the identified nonverbal communications and symbolism.

• Summarize how these interpretations are important to the sociological understanding of your chosen social inequality or social class theme.

• Suggest how your interpretation of the respective meanings might be generalized to society as a whole.