Exam 5: Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet

According to Harold Garfinkel and ethnomethodology, people tend to get upset when minor conventions of talk are not followed. His explanation for this reaction is that:

According to sociologists, explain how and why people use impression management in daily social life. Give a detailed example of how you used impression management in the past week. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

According to Edward T. Hall, which zone is most acceptable during an encounter with most of your friends and closer acquaintances?

Which of the following statements concerning online dating is true?

Two people walking on a city sidewalk quickly glance at each other and then look away as they pass. Erving Goffman called this type of interaction:

Harold Garfinkel conducted experiments in which students were encouraged to pursue the precise meaning of general or casual comments. The intent was to uncover the _________ that people use to structure and organize everyday conversation.

A researcher's study of the text messages exchanged among a group of friends can be referred to as:

How does electronic media change impression management? Give an example. How does your example illustrate impression management? Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

Sometimes a person will smile, but an observer notes that the person's eyes look sad. Erving Goffman would say the sad eyes are part of the expression the person:

The reading, research, and other preparation that your professor did to get ready for the lecture in your sociology class were done in what Erving Goffman refers to as:

Socially defined expectations of a person in a given social position are referred to as:

Audience segregation allows people to:

The requirement on Facebook that people must send a request and have it accepted to be a "friend" is one way that social media allows the user to employ:

How is trolling like face-to-face interactional vandalism? Provide an example of trolling that illustrates your points. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

The scenario in which students sleep in their bedrooms from 2:00 A.M. to 9:00 A.M., rush to a 9:30 A.M. class at the university, grab a quick lunch at the cafeteria, nap on the grass at about 3:30 P.M., return to class at 4:00 P.M., collapse in bed at 6:30 P.M., study in a library study room from 8:00 P.M. to 10:00 P.M., and go to a club from 10:15 P.M. to 1:30 A.M. illustrates the sociological concept of:

One of the ways in which electronic media changes impression management is that:

The zoning of our activities is strongly influenced by clock time in:

What does Elijah Anderson call racially and ethnically diverse spaces that offer "a respite from the lingering tensions of urban life as well as an opportunity for diverse peoples to come together"?

Deirdre Boden and Harvey Molotch refer to the desire for copresence as:

Nonverbal communication is: