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Sociological Theory. Interactionism. Starter – Topic Recap. Postmodernism. Postmodernism – A Visual Introduction. http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqsP0vQJJ44. Postmodernism. Society is changing and fragmenting . Meta-narratives can no longer hope to explain the structure of society. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Sociological Theory Interactionism
Starter – Topic Recap
Postmodernism
Postmodernism – A Visual Introduction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqsP0vQJJ44
Postmodernism Society is changing and fragmenting.
Meta-narratives can no longer hope to explain the structure of society.
Instead, we must understand choice and diversity as leading factors in our experience of the social world.
First Came Modernity Industrialisation
Urbanization
Centralised Government
Rational and Scientific Thinking
Postmodernism
Globalisation
Increased Choice
Fragmentation
Knowledge as Relative not Fact
Postmodernism and Identity Steve Taylor 1999
Society has been transformed in to ‘something resembling an endless shopping mall where people now have much greater
choice about how they look, what they consume and what they believe in’
Interactionism
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Interactionism - Introduction
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E66iDghFkg
Ervin Goffman (1982)
Are You a Puppet? Reject structuralist theories as ignoring individual interaction
Our behaviour is actually developed through our exposure to social symbols and our experience of interaction
We are not a product of our environment, but our environment is a product of us
Goffman says…Interaction is simply successful roleplaying in the drama of
every day life.
Stage = environmentActors = individuals in certain rolesStage directions = Social symbols
Why is she crying??
Symbolic Interactionism and Identity Social Identity
Personal Identity
Self Identity
Labelling TheoryInteractionism TheoryMaster status
Howard Becker 1963
What is a Master Status?This is Zig…
… a CRIMINAL
Master Status In Sociology, master status is the social position which is the primary
identifying characteristic of an individual. It is defined as "a status that has exceptional importance for social identity, often shaping a person's entire life" [1]
The master status is often the most important constituent in the architecture of an individual’s identity. Common master statuses are those of race or ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, physical ability, age, economic standing, religion or spirituality, and education. Others include that of being a parent, child, or sibling; being employed or unemployed; and being disabled or mentally ill. It is not realistic to deny that as a society we label individuals based on their most prominent characteristic in this respect, such as the "old loon", the "blonde bimbo", etc.
Criminal act
Prison
Labelled as criminal
Cannot find work
Accepts label Self
Fulfilling Prophecy
3 – 3 – 1 Write sentences summarising
today’s lesson...
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3 Now reduce those to key words…3
And finally to key word...1
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