SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Symbolic Interactionism, Meritocracy, Mark Granovetter
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So far, we"ve talked about groups and belonging (primary groups) But also secondary groups that pursue an instrumental function. Secondary groups pursue a great variety of instrumental goals. Throughout the remainder of this semester we"ll be touching on many of these. There are number of different forms of secondary groups. Definition: bounded set of individuals linked by the exchange of material or emotional resources. All of the people you know and interact with. An individual"s broadest social network is usually between 250-400 people. Socialization: symbolic interactionism suggests one"s network is her primary socializer. Many sociologists focus on how networks spread information and resources, valuable. Jobs: granovetter studied how people find jobs. Strong vs. weak ties: unlike belief that it is your close ties that get you your jobs (i. e. , your close friends and family), he finds that it"s your distant ties.
