SOCIOL 2D06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Erving Goffman, List Of The Big Bang Theory Characters, Social Constructionism
23 Jan 2014
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Interactionism & deviance: ethnomethodology: how individuals account for what is happening in social interaction , lack of shared meaning: different people = different interpretations. Importance of: indexicality: how we organize our thoughts, feelings and behaviors ex=perceptions about drinking, reflexivity. Goffman (1963) stigma: stigma: an attribute that is deeply discrediting. including physical abnormalities, social ranking and anything that violates cultural or social norms i. e. , a character flaw . Merton: self-fulfilling prophecy, here are 2 examples of analyzing deviance through the labeling perspective, big bang theory professor proton returns , powsound: who"s your favorite? (mom or dad) Social constructionism: claims & claimsmakers: claimsmakers: the people who make claims as to how something should be, claimsmaking is always a form of interaction , we need to acknowledge the socially constructed nature of the category of understood. Fox 4 lecture 13: the use of rhetoric (persuasive language) used by claimsmakers often solidifies their claims/leads to acceptance.
