it is an approach that says society is something made up of continuous micro-interactions.
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what is Peirce's theory
Semiotics - a theory of signs
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What does Peirce's theory say?
There is no immediate relation between our thoughts and the things they relate too. He believes there are signs in between
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what are the three interrelated parts of a sign?
Object, sign, interpretant
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what is an object
the thing that is signified
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what is a sign
something that signifies something else
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what is an interpretant
the understanding that we collectively have of the relationship between a sign and an object
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what are the three types of a sign
icon, index and a symbol
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what is an icon
a similar looking image
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what is an index
a relevant physical or behavioural thing
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what is a symbol
an arbitrary sign
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where do signs come from?
they come from the social world
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how are signs interpreted?
through social frameworks
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what is semantics?
this is when signs have a similar meaning or overlap
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what is syntax
when signs follow on from each other
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what is cooleys theory?
looks at childhood imagination and how that links to adult hood relationships
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what does he say about childhood imagination?
children having imaginary friends means they develop ways of thinking based upon imaginary conversations. in adulthood this is no different, we interact with an imagination of what other people are like
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how does Cooleys ideas relate to how we understand society?
he argues if we only relate to each other in our imaginations then society is all in the mind.
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what is Cooley's 'the looking glass self'
when we think of ourselves, we are imaging how other people judge us and then we respond to our imagination of their imagination
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