SOCL 2001 Chapter : SOCL 2001 Chapter 5
Document Summary
Very into numbers - particularly how raw numbers influence social interactions. As groups get larger, become more stable at the cost of intimacy. One who profits from disagreement with the others. One who purposefully breaks up the others. Focus, formality, and interaction style (face to face) Single focus, informal, equality, face to face. No rules and equality makes it difficult to make decisions. Small group but not doing the same thing. Symbolic interactionist - believe that small interactions build up to explain broader parts of society. Paradox: it is people with whom we are least connected that offer us the most. A social network is a set of relations - a set of dyads - held together by ties between. Daycare blurs those lines - stranger becomes intimate and sees them every day. Close friends on internet, that aren"t close friends in person. Useful in describing groups with power inequality.
