Primary Task Response: Within the DiscussionBoard area, write 300–500 words that respond to the followingquestions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be thefoundation for future discussions by your classmates. Besubstantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce yourideas.
Unit 2 has discussed how sociologists identify cultures andsubcultures. Cultures and subcultures have unique components, suchas language, values, norms (behaviors), and food. For thisDiscussion Board, you will dive deeper into culture by completingthe following:
- Choose a popular television show (examples include TheSimpsons, The Big Bang Theory, TheGoldbergs, and Orange is the New Black) or a movieyou have enjoyed. Â
- For your chosen show or movie, provide specific examples foreach component of culture (language, values, norms, and food) foundwithin your show or movie.
- For example, in The Simpsons, language can be seenwith the word \"D'oh\" and the phrase, \"Don't have a cow, man!\"
- Each TV show could be said to represent a subculture ofmainstream society. How do the four components of culture(language, values, norms, and food) identified above combine tocreate a group that is different from or similar to other groupsyou would expect to see in mainstream American culture?
- Finally, choose 1 of the following theorists: Durkheim, Marx,or Cooley. What does your chosen theorist say about the role ofculture in shaping human behavior?
