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Taking Shakespeare’s statement seriously, Goffman presents a dramaturgical model of human life and uses it as the conceptual framework for understanding life-in-society. Goffman’s “The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life” suggests that people are like actors in a play when interacting. We wear different clothes in different situations which are the costumes and scenes.Continue reading ” (H) (135-146) Goffman, The Presentation of the Self in Everyday Life”

Many of the materials in my life have meaning and some are just things. For instance, my Acura, which I bought my sophomore which is my baby and my truck which I got this year. As I read through this chapter several thoughts passed through my mind on how people collect things, they buy stuffContinue reading “(JCB) Chapter 10 Branding/ The Self and Social Interaction”

Today I went to a busy Starbucks and I sat in a chair and placed my laptop on the table and overserved people for about an hour. Everyone was on their phones for the most part. I saw people come in alone and they would stand in line on their phone all ages from 15Continue reading “Required: (JCB) p.105 Coffee Shop Ethnography”

In society there is no perfect way of teaching, great way to give a lesson, nor a certain way to give a lecture. One thing I noticed as a student is that giving students a hand on a project makes them engaged especially if they relate it to something that the student is interested in.Continue reading “Good teaching –> better learning”

In Pager’s research he mentions that over the past three decades the United States has had an increase in inmates by six hundred percent. Summarizing what he said is that most men of color are the ones that are being incarcerated during their lifetime. Most of them are criminals and take life the easy way.Continue reading “(H) (63-72) Pager, Would You Hire an Ex-Convict?”

It takes multiple perspectives to understand a situation. In “How Sociologists do research”, and the use methods. I learned the six methods that they use are surveys, secondary analysis, document, experiments, unobtrusive measures, and participant observation. They use those methods to gather the data they need. This relates to me in a kind of wayContinue reading “(H) (29-47) Henslin, Doing Sociological research”

Advertising has become part of our society, it lets us know what we are interested in and things that we want to buy. Even though sometimes for the majority it can be a bit annoying because it interrupts you from watching or listening to what you are interested in. There are various ways of knowingContinue reading “JCB) Appendix (401-424) adv./research methods”

Chapter 2: Food/ Culture (JCB) I didn’t realize that the everyday practice of eating and drinking is immensely social and sociological until I read this chapter in the book. After only reading the first two pages about the sociology of food, I have not only learned but opened my eyes to things I never thoughtContinue reading “February 3, 5 & 8”

Every person has a box in their head which now becomes a tradition among the Nacirema. They have a century with this new tradition. These boxes are like their God to the Nacirema. They are always worshipping them, talking to them, and asking for answers. The boxes are life as they call it. They usuallyContinue reading “The Nacirema”

Chapter 1: Jeans/Discovering Sociology (JCB)     Thinking about jeans, almost everyone from this generation has at least 5 pairs minimum. They are being used as the trendiest clothing item. To find the perfect jeans is never easy, to take care of them, to replace when worn out is never easy to let go. Just asContinue reading “January 27, 29, 31”