SOCA01H3 Lecture 7: Lecture 7 - SOCA01H3.docx
2 Dec 2013
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Social interaction creation of a novel way for people to communicate face to face or via computer, acting and reaction in relation to each other. I. e. flight attendants were usually male along with all other positions. When the government began to tightly regulate all control of transatlantic flights such as types of food, number of passengers, and such. Airlines who wanted to stand out started to change the one thing they could and that was hiring female flight attendants and marketing them as glamorous sex objects, to lure in male clientele. Social interactions were structured around specific statuses, roles, and norms. Status refers to a recognized social position an individual can occupy. Flight attendants and passengers occur distinct statuses. Each person can occupy several statuses i. e. an individual can be a flight attendant, a wife, and a mother at the same time. Status set is the entire ensemble of statuses occupied by an individual.
