Unit Two Overview Flashcards
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The theory that relates best with Erving Goffman is
Dramaturgy
Dramaturgy
the study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance
Performance Ethnography
role of performance to sustain social communities and express their values
Erving Goffman’s Main Idea
Social interactions of everyday life can be understood as performance
Presentation of the Self
Portraying an image to society
Impression Management
Portray self in a way that creates desired impression.
What is the role of impression management
successful socially appropriate social interactions
3 critiques of Dramaturgy
1) Lack of Clarity
2) Too Speculative
3) Not a Coherent Theory
Performance Ethnography studies the
symbolic behaviors/activities that create and express cultural values
Research method of Performance Ethnography
Field based where researcher observes society from the point of view of the subject, face to face and personalized
Performance Ethnography requires a lot of detail to be gathered in order to identify a pattern of behaviour, meaning that it is
inductive
Study subjects in Performance Ethnography can expand on research findings making it
Dialogic
What is thin description?
Raw observances that do not describe meaning to underlying behaviors
What is thick description?
in depth understanding to the meanings and motivations behind underlying specific actions
Hermeneutics
refers to the idea that understanding of the text as a whole is established by individual parts and one’s understanding of each individual part as reference to the whole.
Relational Dialectics suggest
people communicate to manage unavoidable tensions in relationships
Social Exchange Theory suggests
We communicate and build relationships to gain rewards and minimize costs
The two theorists most linked with Dialectical Theory are…
Leslie Baxter and Barbara Montgomery
How is tension in Relational Dialectics produced?
opposing or contradictory forces that people experience in their relationships
What is the Hegelian resolution of differences
Thesis + Antithesis = Synthesis
What is Bakhtin’s Dialectic
No resolution, just occasional moments of respite. Thesis + Antithesis = Tension
What are the 3 main categories of Tensions
Integration/Separation
Stability/Change
Expression/Privacy
Internal/External of Integration/Separation
Connection/Autonomy and Inclusion/Seclusion
Internal/External of Stability/Change
Predictability/Novelty and Convention/Uniqueness