M4 Assignment 2 Submission
Assignment 2: The Application Paper
By the due date assigned, using the textbook and Argosy Online Library, write a 750-word paper using APA standards that includes discussion of the following:
? Describe an example of a television program that you believe clearly displays social deviance, and explain why you specifically selected it.
? In this television program, how are people “labeled” as socially deviating from the expected social norms, and who does this labeling?
? Analyze the deviance, using terms such as primary deviance, secondary deviance, retrospective labeling, and stigma.
? Apply Durkheim’s four functions of deviance to the deviant actions in the television program. What purpose(s) does the deviance play?





