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Sociological Theory

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.

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Sociological Theory

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  1. Sociological Theory Interactionism

  2. Starter – Topic Recap

  3. Postmodernism

  4. Postmodernism – A Visual Introduction • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqsP0vQJJ44

  5. Postmodernism • Society is changing and fragmenting. • Meta-narrativescan no longer hope to explain the structure of society. • Instead, we must understand choiceand diversityas leading factors in our experience of the social world.

  6. First Came Modernity • Industrialisation • Urbanization • Centralised Government • Rational and Scientific Thinking

  7. Postmodernism • Globalisation • Increased Choice • Fragmentation • Knowledge as Relative not Fact

  8. 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’

  9. Interactionism

  10. ???

  11. Interactionism - Introduction • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6E66iDghFkg • Ervin Goffman (1982)

  12. 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

  13. Goffman says… Interaction is simply successful roleplaying in the drama of every day life. • Stage = environment • Actors = individuals in certain roles • Stage directions = Social symbols

  14. Why is she crying??

  15. Symbolic Interactionism and Identity • Social Identity • Personal Identity • Self Identity

  16. Labelling Theory • Interactionism Theory • Master status • Howard Becker 1963

  17. What is a Master Status? This is Zig… … a CRIMINAL

  18. 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.

  19. Self Fulfilling Prophecy

  20. 3–3–1 Write sentences summarising today’s lesson... _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Now reduce those to key words… 3 3 And finally to key word... 1

  21. Note making

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