SOC 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Erving Goffman, Digital Storytelling, Group Conflict

• School: Emory University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 225
• Professor: Michael Vaughn

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Storming some kind of fit and differences (people come together for different reasons, when people (cid:396)ealize they ha(cid:448)e diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)es) (cid:449)he(cid:374) the(cid:396)e"s g(cid:396)oup (cid:272)o(cid:374)fli(cid:272)t a(cid:374)d they t(cid:396)y to (cid:272)o(cid:373)e to a resolution. Norming some kind of rule (informal norm sitting vs standing in class, formal norm a law, you (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t steal) Mourning when a group ends in some shape or form (always thinking about the end of the group) Digital storytelling using multimedia to tell a story, the story of how you were socialized. Socialization the process by which we learn who we are. Erving goffman actors are individuals, actors perform their roles. Introduction are a chance to share with others who we are or who we want to be. An identity is a set of meanings attached to a social role situated within a broader social structure. This includes: theories guiding your work, the actions you take the way you collect data. Theory is an understanding of how something works.