SOC 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Participant Observation

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

This topic talks about the correlation between religion and the technological growth over several years. The ideas presented directly relate to the symbolic-interaction perspective, which can explain how people find meaning from religion. Cluster 2 was chosen because this topic deals with qualitative data and observation of participants which is characteristic of symbolic- interaction perspective. This topic deals with how religion has been able to grow and spread on a global level. People have access to several books and readings and several groups and organizations now through the internet, radio, television and other sources. Location, disabilities, time or any other factors no longer affect access to religious material now (macionis and gerber, 2011, p. 476). People can practice or read about religion physically or through modern technology. Information and data were collected from university students about their religious beliefs (macionis and gerber, 2011, p. 476). This is symbolic of the participant observation theory.