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Social Interaction
Two or more individuals purposefully relating to each other within social networks
Social Networks
Individuals linked together by one or more social relationships
Social Capital
Access to people who can get us jobs or favors; more influential than network
0-18’
Intimate Spacing
18”-4’
Personal Spacing
4’-12’
Social Spacing
12’+
Public Spacing
Irving Goffman
Who created Dramaturgy and Impression Management?
Dramaturgy
we are performing for others to impart upon them the impression we desire (front stage and back stage)
Impression Management
managing the image we present to others
Front Stage
when we are actually performing for an audience to impart a certain impression
Back Stage
who we are when no one is looking
social statuses
social positions in society, and our interactions differ in response to these
Ascribed Social Status
position assigned at birth
Achieved Social Status
position chosen or earned by the decisions one has made
Master Status
position where one often becomes most important and takes precedence over others
Roles
Expected behaviors, rights, responsibilities, and privileges assigned to social statuses
Role Strain
Tension among roles within a status
Role Conflict
Conflict between the roles of two or more statuses
Groups
units involving two or more people who interact with each other because of share common interests, goals, experiences, and needs
Primary Groups
cooperation among close, intimate, long term relationships
Secondary Groups
those with formal, impersonal, and business-like relationships; often temporary and based on limited purposes and goals
In groups
group in which an individual feels a sense of loyalty and \n belonging
Out groups
group in which you do not belong– but also a group that \n competes with or acts in opposition to an in-group
Egoistic Suicide
low integration; few social bonds to group; lacking collective meaning
Anomic Suicide
poor regulation; rapid breakdown of social norms leaves people with little restraint; wining lottery, going bankrupt
Altruistic
high integration into group, and more concerned about group than self
Bureacracy
Division of labor based on technical competence; Administrative hierarchy; Formal rules and regulations; Impersonal relationships; Emphasis on rationality and efficiency
The McDonaldization of Society
(Ritzer) attempts to make businesses and society more efficient, predictable, and calculated with increased control
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