SOCI201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Harold Garfinkel, Ethnomethodology, George Herbert Mead

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: Asia Friedman

Document Summary

In the united states, six major companies, including disney and time warner, own slightly more than 90% of the media: many americans believe that shark attacks happens more frequently than they actually do. George herbert mead: mead developed a theory about how the social self develops the course of childhood. Infants know only the i bu through social interaction they learn about me and the. Is a change in values, beliefs, or norms through an intense social process. Social interaction: robert mead"s, role theory provides a way to describe social interactions. Social construction: social construction is an explanation of how people give meaning or value to ideas or objects through social interactions, and it is an ongoing process that is embedded in our everyday interactions. Symbolic interactionism: symbolic interactionism is a micro-level theory based on the idea that people act in accordance with shared meanings, orientations, and assumptions.