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Social Construction of Reality
reality is socially constructed
involves stocks of social knowledge and typifications
stocks of social knowledge
socially acquired knowledge that helps us to cope with life
ie. Moving somewhere else: you are lost temporarily so you need to develop new stocks of social knowledge
Typifications
typically in such a situation, this is how we should act - with errors due to inexperience
Why did he show us the woody allen typewriter clip?
to illustrate the stocks of social knowledge or typifications
social construction of reality
Why an american in paris?
his morning "dance" that eh does to get ready = well developed stocks of knowledge
Why the word guessing game? (wacky bingo)
stocks of social knowledge
Erving Goffman
wrote the "presentation of self in everyday life"
said that all the world's a stage and we are just actors upon it
Frame
social context for our behaviour which conforms to specific role expectations
Upshift
going into a relaxed mode (back stage)
Downshift
going into serious mode (front stage)
What did Goffman say about down and up shifting?
Downshift
- who you are to people
- the self you put on to people
- where the acting occurs
Upshifting
- who you really are
- for preparation and relaxation
Why did he show us Big Night? (the one with the restaurant)
to illustrate front and back stage
Why did he show us women know your limits?
Women, be aware of expected social rules within given frames
these are Goffman's ideas
Cultivation Analysis
George Gerbner - late 1960's
- studied violence and other aspects as presented on the #1 medium of the times - TV
- the idea that tv cultivates certain values among heavy viewers
Mean World Syndrom
Heavy viewers think the world is meaner than it really is
Ice Age Analogy
Difference between heavy and light viewers is not that great. But like a 2 degree cooling of the weather, the effect can be widespread
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MACS 110 - April 2
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MACS 110 - April 2
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2013-04-26T03:37:44Z
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