SOC101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Herbert Blumer, Erving Goffman, Postsecret
7 Oct 2015
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Theory: a generic explain for why something happens in society. Karl marx: thought con ict was all about class. Herbert blumer: social systems are byproducts of personal dealings with each other. Erving goffman: impression management - what your portray to others changes. Functionalist perspective: small things creating stability (provide an outlet e. g. sports) *dorothy smith: standpoint theory: not everything is objective (subjective decisions) Content analysis: studying a set of cultural artifacts. Manifest content: counting (present or not present) Latent content: what the tone of the voice is telling you (e. g fab-u-lous) Temporal order: the cause has to occur before the effect in time. Non-spuriousness: must not be a false relationship. Quantitate methods are used more because of the questions we are trying to answer. Cultural globalizations: , , , in every society there is, even if subtle, power differentials, names, courtship patterns. Fredrick taylor: theory of scienti c management > productivity soared, mad workers.
