Social Interaction & Performance: Crash Course Sociology #15

How do sociologists study and understand social interaction? Today we’ll explain the language sociologists use to discuss how we interact with the social world. What are statuses and roles? How are they different? How do you acquire them? We’ll talk about why these things matter by exploring the socially constructed nature of reality. We’ll also discuss the theory of dramaturgical analysis and how we can understand social interaction as in terms of theatrical performance.



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[Cae_the_Kitsune]

I mean, if this is all a performance, someone really needs to hand me my script. It's kind of long overdue.

[themedicinepeddler]

Social performance has always been one of the most interesting aspects of sociology. Our behaviors change profoundly in different settings. Cool stuff

[jlc]

Thank you for successfully summing up 45 pages of my textbook in less than 12 minutes!!

[philrobichaud]

"Being the one standing in front of the classroom is 50% of what it takes to be the teacher" - i taught for a bit at a local college, this is very true :) Although, because i look fairly young, a lot of times students were surprised i was the teacher.

[Username-bp]

soo I'm early and I wanna use this to say thank you for giving me education that I otherwise couldn't ever have access to, crash course!

[LaceNWhisky]

All this talk about rolls is making me hungry.

[FreeTheDonbas]

Sociology is so cool because of how meta it can be.

[themoonisironic]

this is why social anxiety is so miserable. there are just so parts of socializing to think of and keep track of. so of course one (or i) would be mortified to make a mistake or misread a cue.

[moonlightray]

I kept waiting for the Shakespeare quote "all the world's a stage", but it never came XP

[LuciferousZodiacalOne]

Thanks for reminding me of some of the reasons I don't socialize with people.

[blacktee]

So much information in one brief 11 minute video that couldve easily been 45. It forces you to really soak in the information, pause rewind and make sure you caught it all if you really want to learn. Very engaging and interactive.

[Sorcering]

this is the content I was waiting for from this course. love it

[gustavolrcoelho]

What a great video! I'd like to give my contribution by saying that the word "perform" is derived from the latin "per forma" which is literally "by form", that is, the way that things are/act given by their form. A chair perform well if you sit and it doesn't break. A medic (by the way, not all medics are doctors, please stop refering them as if) perform well if the patient gets better. This complements what has been said in the video, so perform well everyone! :D

[LoveSasukeKai]

Oh man, this explains a lot about me as a kid, haha. We're pretty sure I have Asperberger's (a "light-weight" type of autism), and I've had a lot of issues with social roles in my life, telling them apart and so. For example, one of my teachers moved into the apartment beneath ours when I was in... Third-fifth grade, and I couldn't connect that I shouldn't leave my homework to them as soon as I was done upstairs. "Thankfully" the shame and anxiety of only doing it once was enough, but man... I think that was something I struggled, and still struggle, with. Knowing how to treat a person when.

On an unrelated note, I do love today's styling. The nail polish and lipstick compliment the shirt and jacket perfectly.

[ishbanyadav]

Its like how I am sometimes shy to talk to people but I am okay with talking to the camera.. indirectly at many people!

[suspendedsky]

i love this 80s daytime executive realness

[luisfdconti]

This was so helpful! Thank you so much! And kudos for being able to talk about identities without using the word identity. The Internet these days is very very intimidated by this word...

[RZero]

"Impression management"... Oh boy, I wish Erving Goffman could have seen the social media!

[Danielevans]

this is sooo good!! I feel like this explains so many issues people have with society, politics, religion.

[heathers.]

I just got this video linked to me in my sociology summer class from my local community college! how awesome is that!