Notes:
How do screens impact human interaction?
– Auguste Comte
– positivism — authentic and valid knowledge of the social world is found only through scientific and empirical pursuit.
– uses scientific methods to analyze society
– The theories are titled conflict, functionalist, and symbolic interactionism.
macro sociology: (village and vineyard) a bigger group
micro sociology: the meadow (focusing on a small group)
marx: proletariat, bourgeoiseas conflict theory, a sociological perspective emphasizing the role of political and economic power and oppression as contributing to the existing social order
manifest functions: intentional functions of society
latent functions: unintentional
George Herbert Mead:
– socialized self
– symbolic interaction social facts — social patterns that are external to individuals and greatly influence our way of thinking and behaving in society.