SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Mcdonaldization, Symbolic Interactionism, Flight Attendant
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Involves communicating among people/individuals acting and reacting to one another, either face-to-face or through technology. The building blocks of interaction shape the way we interact: Obeying feeling rules and responding appropriately to situations. Emotion management that may do as part of their jobs. Ex, teachers, nurses, flight attendant, sales clerk. Competition over valued resources of attention, approval, prestige, information (macro level) Ex, male dominance over conversation, females laugh more than men because men need the attention. Interaction as a play in which we present ourselves so as to appear in the best possible light. Front-stage impression is very important, since people never see the back regions of a person. A collection of 2 or more people who interact frequently with one another and share a sense of belonging. They identify with each other, adhere to defined norms, roles, or statuses (building blocks of interaction) Conformity, solidarity, authority, bureaucracy can lead to identity, social structure, organization, and even murder.
