APA 1302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Raymond Williams, Contemporary Sociology, Symbolic Interactionism
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Sociology: the study of human social behavior, especially the investigation of the origins, classifications, institutions and developed of human society on a global level. It is interested in social interactions that take place between humans, groups and societies. It is concerned with social rules and ideologies that bind people together and separate them. A collection of people: living in a defined geographical territory. Political system shared sense of self-identification that distinguishes them from other people. Study actions and relationships in terms of the social conditions and cultural contexts in which people live their lives. Study behavior in terms of attributes and processes that exist inside individuals. Sport sociology: study of humans or agents involved in sport, the institutions and social structures that affect sport experiences and the processes that occur in conjunction with sport. Dramatic spectacle involves expressive activity done for tis own sake; it is often spontaneous and.