SOC279 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Technological Determinism, Impression Management
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* mediated interaction; a sociological approach to interaction. * mediated talk: a micro sociology of mediated interaction. * media centric versus socio centric theories & critique of technological determinism. * strengths of socio centric: media does not come from out there (cid:1688)technologies are historically. * to consider everyday talk as a form of social action and interaction. * to assess thompsons claim that mediated communications offers new forms of social action. * to explore whether we are living in new mediated interaction order. * q1,7 and 8 relate to this week. * our everyday routines provide ( and illustrate) the structure of our lives. * everyday interactions reveal the importance of human agency. * small scale interactions can tell us a lot about our larger society. * like old media, new media still facilitates action at a distance. * but more specifically based on cooperation than broadcast media and.