Monday, March 31, 2008

Midterm 3 study guide for chapter on interaction (chapter 5) in Giddens et al.

Know about:

Erving Goffman
civil inattention
staring (including gender differences)
facial expressions of infants and adults
nonverbal communication
Paul Ekman
Charles Darwin
ethnomethodology
Harold Garfinkel
Mitchell Duneier and Harvey Molotch
interactional vandalism
response cry
unfocused interaction
focused interaction
an encounter
impression management
social role
social status/social position
front region
back region
disadvantages of electronic communication
Elijah Anderson
social constructionism
globalization and tourism