UCI Emerging Social Norms Due to The COVID 19 Pandemic Essay

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Humanities

University of California Irvine

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You will have a choice of two essay possibilities for this next week. Please choose one of the following two:

****FIRST POSSIBILITY: EVALUATION OF A SOCIAL NORM****
This writing assignment asks you to identify some kind of social norm and then examine that norm based on the criteria we talked about during lecture. Here are those criteria:

1. To what extent is the norm known and recognized?
2. What is the mode of transmission? How do we learn about the norm?
3. How much and how often do we conform to the norm?
4. Does the norm apply equally to all groups?
5. Is the norm severely or lightly enforced?
6. What is the mode and consistency of enforcement?

Please be clear about what specific norm you have identified and examine the norm along each of those six criteria. Your write up should be between 600-700 words. Submit your finished documents to Canvas before 9am, Friday, April 17th.

****SECOND POSSIBILITY: EMERGING SOCIAL NORMS ****

What new social norms have emerged as a result of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic?

Please identify at least two of them and describe how these new social norms affect our everyday lives.

Do you think these new social norms will continue into the future? Why or why not?

Your write up should be between 600-700 words. Submit your finished documents to Canvas before 9am, Friday, April 17th.

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Norms that have been adopted due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Norms that have been adopted due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The new COVID-19 Pandemic has led to severe and apparent disruptions in the cultures
of people in the U.S and the world over. Therefore, people have had to adopt new ways of doing
things and abandon their norms to protect themselves from getting the virus. People have had to
seek alternative methods of education, greetings and improve more hygiene to reduce their
chances of getting sick from the illness that is more virulent and fatal than the HINI Influenza
virus of 2009. Even though the changes are many, the essay will focus on the practice of social
distance and home learning among students to avoid crowing and protect themselves from
infection.
Social distancing is an intervention against the COVIB-19 that is non-pharmaceutical that
is meant to reduce the spreading of the illness among people by reducing the time people contact
each other. Social distancing is sometimes called physical distancing because it involves people
staying physically apart from one another to minimize contact. Social distancing is one of the
norms that have resulted from the COVID-19 Pandemic (Greenstone & Nigam, 2020).
Americans are implementing the norm to a great extent. Most Americans are staying at home to
avoid meeting people. People are also avoiding crowded places to stay apart from each other. For
example, unlike the past when people went to churches, most and other places of worship in
huge numbers, Americans have looked for other alternatives of worshiping such as online
services. The internet has become a very important part of the implementation of social
distancing. Social distancing is applied equally in all groups in the U.S and encouraged by the
government even though it is not formally enforced by the federal government.
Social distancing is not likely to continue after the Pandemic ends. Social distancing
requires lots of motivation to enforce. After the Pandemic, there will not be any significant

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motivation to enforce social distan...


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