The social action theory
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- Created on: 24-04-19 15:51
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- The social action theory
- symbolic interactionism
- George mead
- focuses on interactions between people and with themselves
- creates society by interpreting meanings and responding
- human is a thinking being
- definition of situation
- interpreting a symbol and deciding how to behave
- taking on the role of others
- imagining ourself in their position and taking on their role
- meaning and behaviour
- knowing what they expect from you and what you expect from them
- symbols
- objects, language, facial gestures
- The dramaturgical analogy
- erving goffman
- theoretical metaphor for human behaviour, social actors and take on the different roles for different audiences
- presentation of self
- how we consciously and unconsciously choose to present our roles and character in social settings
- impression management
- how people manage the impression they want to give through objects, symbols, expressions, language
- front stage, back stage, off stage
- roles
- individuals have different roles they perform to different audiences
- props
- objects that social actors use for their performance
- The labelling theory
- Charles cooley
- looks at how the self is shaped through interaction, not social structures
- The looking glass self
- when a self concept changes as a result of interaction with others and how they see us
- self fulfilling prophecy- see ourself how they see us
- from early childhood and its continuous. only stops if all social interactions are ceased
- evalaution
- interaction in a vacuum- doesn't consider historical/ social background
- origins of norms- doesn't explain why people are motivated to act in a certain way
- fails to explain source of meanings- capitalist
- ethnocentric
- symbolic interactionism
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