7-Week 5- Social Interaction- Symbolic Interaction- Dramaturgy PDF

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Essential of Sociology Textbook: Chapter 4 Social Interaction created by Erving Goffman social interaction: trivial aspects of everyday social behavior micro sociology: focuses on individual interactions and communication within and contrasts historically with the typical study of sociology —> typically exami studying social interaction can provide insights into human social life civil inattention: individuals indicate recognition of other person’s presence, but av Ordinary routines give structure and form for what we do lives organized around repeating similar patterns of behavior **Even if we go through major environmental or physical change, we establ Everyday life reveals how humans act creatively to shape reality social behavior is guided by both internal and external forces agency: ability to act, think and make independent choices perception of reality varies by background reality is not fixed/static, it is created through human interactions structure: recurring patterns that influence/limit the choices and opportunit Studying of social interaction shows larger social structure large-scale social systems depend on patterns of social interaction Nonverbal Communication: exchange of information and meaning through means of: fac body body language: expands on what is said or can convey messes discrepant with o Charles Darwin; believed basic modes of emotional expression is same in all hum Ekman: facial expression and emotion in interpretation are innate in human beings gestures/postures are not universally known and understood in all cultures gestures and bodily postures continually used to convey meaning when no Internet/electronic conveyance of emotions difficult to capture emotion present only with facial expression communication over email/phone lack benefit of seeing faces of their conve email disputes: unable to make adjustments in response to verbal/facial cu end up communicating in form of long messages Facial gestures: can control the flow of a conversation face-to-face Impression Management Roles: socially defined expectations a person has of a given status status: social position...