Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Yo Gabba Gabba - Norms
Topic- Norms
TV Show – Yo Gabba Gabba
Synopsis- Yo Gabba Gabba is a children’s show that attempts to engage children through music and teach them educational lessons and social skills.
Concept- This clip is a song titled “Don’t Bite Your Friends.” It’s an interesting illustrations of how norm are established. As adults there are many norms that are so ingrained in us, that it’s hard to pin down when you learned them or who taught them to you. Many things you learn through parenting and modeling without having to be specifically taught them; but that is not always the case, and not for every child. This song is an example of just that. From a very young age children explore everything with their mouth. Around the age of two some commonly begin to “bite” things. Through music Yo Gabba Gabba teaches the social norm that we don’t bite our friends.
2 comments:
I can tell from the choice of topic for this post that you're a parent :)
Social or informal norms usually emerge gradually and are not written down and documented. Sometimes what we do in one culture may not be socially accepted in another. For example here in the States we allow women and children to enter the elevator first. It would be a social norm violation if we did not allow women to enter the elevator first unless they are standing way back. But in India usually we usually rush into the elevator and sometimes blocking people from exiting the elevator. This you can see most commonly in public transportation where in people fighting their way in or out.
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