SOCI 2150 Lecture : Lecture 1 - George Pollard
20 Apr 2014
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Areas of group life are defined by social intimacy. Social disclosure: the act of revealing information about yourself that another wouldn"t otherwise know. You tell secrets not only verbally, but also with your actions/gestures. ): social intimacy is at its greatest and social disclosure should be at its greatest. Sympathy group studies: about who"s death would permanently change a life (average number is 12-15, but the number changes with time) People you know studies: respondents are given a list of random names and they check off anyone they know (average number is 225) Parochial realm: not well understood, it is a mix of private and public realms (possibly church) Public realm: open location populated with strangers. Strangers, also called co-presents, are unknown or known categorically. Different kind of intimacy not making physical or verbal contact. Social disclosure is silent (distance, gestures, and movement) Public realm begins to slip into place.
