SOCI 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Erving Goffman
25 Jun 2018
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+ mead talked about early socialization
+ goffman talked about more adult socialization
⁃Gesture: a sing from one person to another
⁃meaning: a specific relation between signs, actors and the situation
⁃Universality: object evolves the same response
⁃Significant symbol: shared meanings ex. recycling sign. (its significant in the
sense that it is shared meaning, we all understand it)
Generalized other- is not a person
⁃Generalization that appears as a set of expectations (we are a vehicle, we
convey the exceptions, we are a conveyance, we may embody, a counciouness)
“I” and “Me” (Diagram)
Me: the complete sense of others expectations (me” would come from mother, father,)
“I”: an internal stabilizing sense
THE I: internal, who are you, the I will bounce through me (this is a interactive model)
and back to social, “not a good idea to smoke”, “I will never drive drunk”, the
The ME: is the interpreter of the self, interpret the social expectations don’t hang out
with that friend, make sense of the world, the me could be irrational
Key point: interactive, can you self regulate?
{Read play and game, you will then understand the diagram, compare it to the film}
Hoffman and the Dramaturgical Perspective:
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Document Summary
+ goffman talked about more adult socialization sense that it is shared meaning, we all understand it) Gesture: a sing from one person to another meaning: a specific relation between signs, actors and the situation. Significant symbol: shared meanings ex. recycling sign. (its significant in the. Generalization that appears as a set of expectations (we are a vehicle, we convey the exceptions, we are a conveyance, we may embody, a counciouness) Me: the complete sense of others expectations (me would come from mother, father,) The i: internal, who are you, the i will bounce through me (this is a interactive model) and back to social, not a good idea to smoke , i will never drive drunk , the. The me: is the interpreter of the self, interpret the social expectations don"t hang out with that friend, make sense of the world, the me could be irrational.
