Today in
class Li-Chin talked more about the three big Sociological Theories
Structural-Functional Theory, Social Conflict Theory and Symbolic interaction
Theory.
Li-Chin
introduced dramaturgical theory to us in class today. Eriving Goffman wrote
“The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life”. Goffman states that we have a
“Front Stage” and a “Back Stage”. Front Stage is not an improvisation but
rather a carefully crafted representation of the self to others-it is a
manipulation of the audience by the actor. Back stage is where we go to
practice the techniques of impression management; the actor relaxes here and
the front is dropped. Goffman said that we are “social con-artist”.
Structural-Functional
sees society as a complex system whose parts work together to promote
solidarity and stability. Some individuals that were involved in the
development of this approach include Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim, and Herbert
Spencer. Structural-Function is guided by social structures and each social
structure has social functions or consequences for the operation of society as
a whole. Robert Merton introduced three concepts related to social
function-Manifest functions: the recognized and intended consequences of any
social pattern. Latent functions: largely unrecognized and unintended
consequences. Social dysfunctions: undesirable consequences of a social pattern
for the operation of society.
Social
conflict sees society as an arena of inequality that generates conflict and
change. Key individuals within this practice are Karl Marx, Harriet Martineau,
Jane Addams, and WEB DuBois. An important type of conflict is gender-conflict
which is a point of view that focuses on inequality and conflict between males
and females. Another type of social-conflict is race-conflict which is a point
of view that focuses on inequality and conflict between people of different
racial and ethnic groups.
Symbolic-interaction
is a framework for building theory that sees society as the product of everyday
interactions of individuals. Symbolic-interactionism has a micro-level
orientation which focuses on patterns of social interaction in specific
settings.
This video shows how do sociologists study and understand
social interaction? Today we’ll explain the language sociologists use to
discuss how we interact with the social world. What are statuses and roles? How
are they different? How do you acquire them? We’ll talk about why these things
matter by exploring the socially constructed nature of reality. We’ll also
discuss the theory of dramaturgical analysis and how we can understand social
interaction as in terms of theatrical performance
One thing I
can do to benefit myself and society is to be more consciously aware of what I
post on Facebook and what effect it may have.
One thing
that I could do to affect myself and society in a negative way would be to
promote or post things on Facebook that could have a negative on society such
as fake news.
Society
could affect me in a positive way if the news presented more positive stories.
Society
could influence me in a negative way if the new stayed on track with its fear
based stories.
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