The television show I decide to watch was “Doug”, a children’s show on Nickelodeon. This particular television show teaches children about themselves through the main character Doug Funnie. Doug Funni’s life is not always full of laughs, giggles, and good times. He gets pushed around by a bully, can not exactly talk smooth around his dream girl, and runs into problems and predicaments throughout each and every day of his life. Through the help of his dog and best friend, Doug usually makes it through each day. Doug is good at his creative thinking; he is like a book, full of all kinds of information packed into a young boys body. Doug is just like any other normal kid, and through this show he expresses how live really is not all fun and games. This show shows young viewers how to get through each day with a smile on your face, even when the going does get tough.

This show has many good qualities. This show is represented as a colorful comedy cartoo

In the show “Doug” there are quite a few norms emphasized. A norm is social rules that specify how people should behave. There are three types of norms: folkways, weak norms that specify expectations about proper beaver, mores, a strong norm that specify normal behavior and constitute demands not just expectations, and laws, norms that are specified formally in writing and backed up by the power of the state. All three types of norms are represented in the show. The norm of how to greet people, respond to people, depart people, and so on are all represented in the show “Doug”. In this case they might say, “What’s up?” or even “Hey Doug, how’s it going?” This shows the children to always be polite and represent themselves well. Manners are a huge norm, such as, “Please”, “Thank you”, “Your welcome”, and so on. It teaches the children to use their manners all the time. In the show, it stresses manners and being polite. It also teaches children how to treat people, such as, there parents, friends, classmates, or even strangers. The show “Doug” also stresses how to act in school. There are many rules that you must obey in school, such as raising your hand, waiting in line, do not shouting out, keeping comments to oneself, and so on. Another good norm that this show te

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