Audrey assignment 3 - 100 points
Follow up from Class meeting 1, Monday, 12/9
All you have to do is listen to the next two episodes of Serial, Season 1 and find examples of the following two things I mentioned in class on Monday, 12/9. If you attended class, each thing you find is worth 50 points for a maximum score of 100 points. If you weren't in class on this date, each thing you find is worth 45 points for a maximum score of 90 points.
This assignment might not make sense if you haven't completed Audrey assignment 1, located here and Audrey assignment 2, located here ...
Listen to the following two audio documentaries and then answer the questions that follow
01. 10-45 words > Find one place in the above two episodes where Sarah K. attempts to conduct what sociologists call an experiment and how is conducting an experiment different than gathering ethnographic data. Be sure to explain and defend your response.
02. 10-45 words > Find one place in the above two episodes where Sarah K. uses dramaturgical theory to describe or explain a person's behavior. You can use any person here, just make sure you identify them by name (i.e., Adnan, Jay etc.) and be sure to explain and defend your response.
Follow up from Class meeting 1, Monday, 12/9
All you have to do is listen to the next two episodes of Serial, Season 1 and find examples of the following two things I mentioned in class on Monday, 12/9. If you attended class, each thing you find is worth 50 points for a maximum score of 100 points. If you weren't in class on this date, each thing you find is worth 45 points for a maximum score of 90 points.
This assignment might not make sense if you haven't completed Audrey assignment 1, located here and Audrey assignment 2, located here ...
Listen to the following two audio documentaries and then answer the questions that follow
- Episode 5 - Route Talk, 45 mins, Or here if the other link doesn't work
- Episode 6 - The Case Against Adnan Syed, 44 mins, Or here if the other link doesn't work
01. 10-45 words > Find one place in the above two episodes where Sarah K. attempts to conduct what sociologists call an experiment and how is conducting an experiment different than gathering ethnographic data. Be sure to explain and defend your response.
02. 10-45 words > Find one place in the above two episodes where Sarah K. uses dramaturgical theory to describe or explain a person's behavior. You can use any person here, just make sure you identify them by name (i.e., Adnan, Jay etc.) and be sure to explain and defend your response.
- Need a quick definition of dramaturgical theory? Look it up under "Dramaturgical Analysis, The Presentation of Self" in Chapter 6 of your Macionis textbook, Social Interaction in Everyday Life or use this: Dramaturgical theory is a sociological perspective commonly used in microsociological accounts of social interaction in everyday life. (Which is something Sarah K. is trying to do in Serial, Season 1.) The term was first adapted into sociology from the theatre by Erving Goffman, who developed most of the related terminology and ideas in his 1959 book, The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. Kenneth Burke, whom Goffman would later acknowledge as an influence, had earlier presented his notions of dramatism in 1945, which in turn derives from Shakespeare. (Remember, Sarah K. made reference to Shakespeare in Serial, Season 1, too). Here is how dramaturgical theory works: If we imagine ourselves as directors observing what goes on in the theatre of everyday life, we are doing what Goffman called dramaturgical analysis, the study of social interaction in terms of theatrical performance. In dramaturgical sociology it is argued that the elements of human interactions are dependent upon time, place, and audience. In other words, to Goffman, the self is a sense of who one is, a dramatic effect emerging from the immediate scene being presented. Goffman forms a theatrical metaphor in defining the method in which one human being presents itself to another based on cultural values, norms, and beliefs. Performances can have disruptions (actors are aware of such), but most are successful. The goal of this presentation of self is acceptance from the audience through carefully conducted performance. If the actor succeeds, the audience will view the actor as he or she wants to be viewed A dramaturgical action is a social action that is designed to be seen by others and to improve one's public self-image.