Division of Labor: specialized economic activity. The NCIS team divides labor by giving the agents the responsibility of interviewing suspects and following leads, while Abby handles the forensics, and Ducky works as the medical examiner. This allows them each to specialize in what they do best and work toward a common end result.
Claims Making: the process of trying to convince the public and public officials of the importance of joining a social movement to address a particular issue. In one episode, the show addressed the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, taking the position that homosexuals should be allowed into the military.
Relative Deprivation: a perceived disadvantage arising from some specific comparison. A homosexual teen wants to join the Navy, but is unable to because he isn't straight.
Anomie: Durkeim's term for a condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals. Killing is a terrible moral crime to commit, and yet there seems to be a murder in just about every episode of NCIS, which leads people to believe that some people have little moral guidance.
Postmodernity: Social patterns characteristic of postindustrial societies.
Social Character: Personality patterns common to members of a particular society.
Claims Making: the process of trying to convince the public and public officials of the importance of joining a social movement to address a particular issue. In one episode, the show addressed the military's "Don't ask, don't tell" policy, taking the position that homosexuals should be allowed into the military.
Relative Deprivation: a perceived disadvantage arising from some specific comparison. A homosexual teen wants to join the Navy, but is unable to because he isn't straight.
Anomie: Durkeim's term for a condition in which society provides little moral guidance to individuals. Killing is a terrible moral crime to commit, and yet there seems to be a murder in just about every episode of NCIS, which leads people to believe that some people have little moral guidance.
Postmodernity: Social patterns characteristic of postindustrial societies.
Social Character: Personality patterns common to members of a particular society.