SOCA01H3 Chapter 5: Chapter 5 - Brym
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Involves people communicating face to face or via computer and acting and reacting in relation to other people. Status: a recognized social position an individual can occupy. (flight attendants) Status set: the entire ensemble of statuses occupied by a person. (flight attendant, wife and mother) Master status: his or her overriding public identity. Status that is most influential in shaping a person"s life at a given time. Role set: a cluster of roles attached to a single status. Ellen church hired by boeing air transport; worlds first stewardess. Wore her white robes which identified her natural role. Main role was to reassure apprehensive flyers were in safe hands www. notesolution. com. The revolution in the role of the stewardess was signalled by first series of radical uniform changes. Airways hired a fashion designer to change the style of stewardess. Everyone wanted fly braniff due to the style of stewardess"s. Advertising reflected the new expectations surrounding the stewardesses roles.
