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■Society: Putting Things
in Context
■The Social Construction of
Reality
Cooley and the Looking-Glass
Self
Goffman and the
“Dramaturgical” Self
Nonverbal Communication
Verbal Communication
Patterns of Social Interaction
■Elements of Social
Structure
Status
Roles
■Groups
Groups and Identity
Types of Groups
Group Dynamics
■Social Networks
Networks and Social Experience
Networks and Globalization
■Organizations
Types of Organizations
Are We a Nation of Joiners?
Organizations: Race and Gender
and Inequality?
Bureaucracy: Organization and
Power
Problems with Bureaucracy
Globalization and
Organizations
■Groups ‘R’ Us: Groups and
Interactions in the 21st
Century