SOCI 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4.6-4.8: Erving Goffman, Eye Contact, Harold Garfinkel
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4. 6 microsocial perspective face to face interactions (cid:449)hat people do (cid:449)he(cid:374) the(cid:455) a(cid:396)e i(cid:374) o(cid:374)e a(cid:374)othe(cid:396)"s presence: symbolic interaction. Stereotypes our assumptions of what people are like. Attractive people have it better: personal space. 4 distance zones intimate distance 18 inches from bodies: reserved for comforting, protecting, hugging, intimate touching, lovemaking. Personal distance 18 inches to 4 feet friends and acquaintances: ordinary conversations. Social distance 4-12 feet impersonal of formal relationships job interviews. Public distance beyond 12 feet formal relationships: public speakers, etc. Body language the ways people use their bodies to give messages to others: dramaturgy. Dramaturgy social life is like drama or a stage play: birth ushers us onto the stage, socialization consists of learning to perform. Impression management efforts to manage the impressions that others receive of us. Front stages places where we perform the roles assigned to us. Back stages places where we retreat from performances and let our hair down.
