Groups

• A recap of some key ideas about groups.

Group Identity and Communication

Subcultures

Codes

Try and link these ideas to your findings about sub-cultural groups!

• Post a comment on what different groups you belong to (not necessarily subcultural). How can you differentiate between them? How does your identity change? Think about your verbal communication / non-verbal communication / where the power lies  etc Why do you belong to these groups...refer to your notes.

• How would you repsond to this? What attitude is being expressed? What would you discuss? What identity and group theories could you refer to? Post a comment on your blog.

"Perhaps I'm getting too old to understand but it seems to me that most young people today go out of their way to look ridiculous. Perhaps they just don't like themselves. How else can you explain the tattoos and body piercings? Why else would they dress in the style of convicts, hardened criminals or extras from a horror film? As for music, the most popular types seem to celebrate negative or anti-social behaviour: violence, drug abuse, suicide, selfharm and anti-materialism. Is it all the fault of the older generation for bringing up youths who just reject society's values"