SOCI 1002 Lecture 3: Groups and Organizations
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Same time and place but no interaction or shared identity. An aggregate and category can become a group. Frequency of interaction and a sense of identity/connection with the group. Social media and online participation has changed how we interact. A crowd can become a group sometimes for a moment. Primary: typically, small, long term face to face relationships that are intimate, significant others, expressive functions less instrumental. Returning us soldiers how they deal with coming home. And how the home society deals with the. The homecomer is not the same man who left. He is neither the same for himself nor for those who await his return. The stranger is an outsider in a new situation. The homecomer returns to an old situation. Believing that she or he is still an insider. Home relies on systems of meaning and patterned behaviour by those involved.
