Chapter 5 SOCIAL INTERACTION

Impression Management

Controlling how others perceive us.

Status

Social honor or prestige.

Civil Inattention 

Acknowledging others’ presence without interaction.

Time-Space

– When and where interaction happens.

Regionalization

Dividing life into zones/settings.

Edward Hall Theory

Studied four personal space zones: intimate, personal, social, public.

Ethnomethodology (Garfinkel)

How people make sense of everyday talk.

Conversation Analysis

Study of all parts of talk for meaning.

Interactional Vandalism

– Breaking conversational rules.

Response Cries

Involuntary exclamations (e.g., “oops!”).

Compulsion of Proximity

Desire for face-to-face contact.