MDSA01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: George Herbert Mead, Herbert Blumer, Erving Goffman
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Sociological & erotic analysis: key players: max weber, george herbert mead. Individuals act in accordance with their subjective interpretation of the world and not necessarily in accordance with the world as it objectively exists: symbolic interactionism (pp. Seeks to understand and explain how individuals interact with one another in society: analyzes patterns of communication and behaviour in relation to specific contexts or aspects of social life. Looks at the micro-level on individuals in society rather than the macro-level of broad- scale systems and structures. For goffman, "a "performance" may be defined as all the activity of a given participant on a given occasion which serves to influence in any way of the other participants" (p. 269). Impression management is evident on social media - we manage a social media "face" constantly to maintain our online reputation: high social media use causes loneliness and depression - study (article).
