Exam 5: Social Interaction And Everyday Life In The Age Of The Internet

Erving Goffman and other theorists who focus on social interaction often use the analogy of football and stadiums.

Maria has two e-mail accounts,two cell phone numbers,and two social media accounts.One set of accounts she uses just for communication with her employer and her professors.By doing this,Maria is using the different media accounts to help to demarcate:

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

The use of the Internet,e-mail,chat rooms,and social networking sites,such as MySpace and facebook:

An "opening" is necessary for the type of focused interaction that Erving Goffman calls an encounter.

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

In Elijah Anderson's (1990)research,time of day and activity were important cues because they could help people assess whether a stranger "passed inspection" and was considered to be safe.

Which of the following statements is true?

Erving Goffman refers to an instance of focused interaction as:

When we look at the micro and macro connections that shape social issues such as the harassment of women on the street,we see that the:

Some claim that our rapid advances in communication technologies are creating a "devoiced" society,which suggests that there is a decrease in:

One of the ways in which electronic media changes impression management is that there is no ability to separate front and back regions and people no longer can manage others' reactions.

What are three ways that impression management is different when we are communicating through electronic means,such as texting and using facebook,and what are three strategies we use to compensate for the lack of face-to-face interaction?

The use of the Internet,e-mail,chat rooms,and social networking sites,such as MySpace and facebook,has not changed the way sociologists study interaction and everyday life.

Is nonverbal communication innate,cultural,or both? Explain,using examples and citing specific research to support your position.

Interactional vandalism can be defined as a situation in which a subordinate person breaks the tacit rules of interaction that are valued by the more powerful person.

Some claim that our rapid advances in communication technologies are creating a "devoiced" society,which suggests that there is a decrease in the differences between virtual and actual interaction.

Which of the following is an example of interactional vandalism?

A group of students displaying civil inattention is an example of an encounter.

Imagine living in a world that does not function by clock time.How would your everyday activities be different? Could you maintain your current way of life in such conditions? If so,how? If not,why not?