Exam 4: Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet

In order to understand a conversation,we need to understand __________,which is why electronic communication such as email or text messaging can lead to miscommunication.

With email it is difficult to capture dimensions of emotional expressions that are only present in facial expressions and with body language.For example,Jane sent her boss an email suggesting that she begin a performance review to see if she was ready for a raise.Her boss replied angrily in an email that Jane was out of line and that she would give her a performance review at the same time as other employees.Face-to-face communication may have helped Jane avoid upsetting her boss by:

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

According to Edward T.Hall,which zone of personal space is most acceptable during an encounter with your spouse or romantic partner?

People engage in __________ to reconcile their role in one part of life with their role in another part of their social world.

Another term for social status is:

Encounters always need __________,which indicate(s)that civil inattention is being discarded and focused interaction will begin.

Gestures and body postures that are an important part of nonverbal communication are:

Civil inattention is defined as:

According to Erving Goffman,social interaction is like:

According to Elijah Anderson's research,interactional tensions derive from outside social statuses such as:

According to sociologists,in what ways do individuals communicate their emotions to each other? Explain how technology altered some of the ways in which individuals communicate their emotions?

Using the example of fans watching a football game at your college stadium,explain how individuals would be engaged in both unfocused and focused interaction with others.Discuss the appropriate terms used by Erving Goffman and other sociologists to analyze such situations.

Regionalization is the idea that social life is separated into regional settings or zones.These social zones are separated physically,such as a kitchen and a bedroom,but also by:

Unfocused interaction is when people:

Interactional vandalism,such as when men on the street call out to and follow women,is likely to have the affect of:

Our actions throughout the day are generally organized according to both the time of day and:

Response cries,according to Erving Goffman,are an example of what he calls:

When Jane arrived at the party,her friend Alyssa came over immediately to say hello.According to Erving Goffman,this is an example of:

Sociologists Deirdre Boden and Harvey Molotch argue that even with the growth of electronic communication such as text messaging and email,people have a strong need to interact in each other's presence.They call this concept: