SOC211

Distinguish between a social myth and verified research.

Identify the interests behind social myths and locate verifiable research.

Connect various social issues such as racism and sexism as they are imbedded in other debates about issues such as crime, violence and terrorism.

Identify the social institutions that create and perpetuate these social myths and identify the underlying issues of inequality and power that are expressed within these myths.

Identify how social myths are created and transformed into moral panics.

Identify the consequences of social myths at the interpersonal level, at the institutional/organizational level, at the structural level, and at a global level.