SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes -Machine Translation, Pre-Medical, Nonverbal Communication
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Social interaction: the creation of a novel way for ppl to communicate face to face, acting, & reacting in relation to each other. The structure of social interaction: status, recognized positions occupied by interacting people, each person occupy >1 statuses [ex. Changing roles: stewardesses used to have nurse-like" uniforms, uniform changed to ones done by fashion designers, movies/books solidified stewardess"s role as sex objects. Ex) boeing boeing [movie], coffee tea or me [book] Norms, roles, & statuses are building blocks of face to face communication. Just as building blocks need cement to hold them together, norms, roles, & statuses require. 2: ways: cement by means of domination, competition, & cooperation. Much social interaction take place among status equals: often direct humour at perceived social inferiors. Ex: while americans joke about black, english laugh at irish, french at belgians. Put down : joke about a socially marginal & powerless group: ex) alzheimer"s disease.
