Question 1

What is the definition of interactional vandalism? Give an example. Discuss how this example illustrates interactional vandalism. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

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Question 2

According to sociologists, explain how and why people use impression management in daily social life. Give a detailed example of how you used impression management in the past week. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

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Question 3

What kind of methodology did Harold Garfinkel's experiments involve? What would be one example in which sociologists might use this method? Discuss why this method is useful in
your example. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

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Question 4

What is the "compulsion of proximity," and how is it affected by technologies such as the Internet? What do you think will be the future trends in terms of the compulsion of proximity? Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

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Question 5

What does Erving Goffman call the more private area of our lives? Provide one example. Your answer should be two to three sentences in length.

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Question 6

What are two ways that time and space are altered by the Internet? Provide examples that illustrate these points. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

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Question 7

How is trolling like face-to-face interactional vandalism? Provide an example of trolling that illustrates your points. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

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Question 8

According to Edward T. Hall, what are the four zones of personal space? What happens when the relationship or task does not match the zone? Provide an example. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

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Question 9

How does social media allow the user to employ audience segregation? Give an example. How does your example illustrate audience segregation? Your answer should be two to three sentences in length.

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Question 10

What did Elijah Anderson's study of everyday life in two adjacent urban neighborhoods show? Your answer should be two to three sentences in length.

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Question 11

How does electronic media change impression management? Give an example. How does your example illustrate impression management? Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

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Question 12

What role does gender play in online dating? Are the gender roles that exist in face-to-face dating replicated in online dating? Why do you think these gender patterns exist? Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

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Question 13

How have encounters in low-income urban areas been reshaped by social media? Do people have more
or even control over the people around them and their potential meetings? Or are people newly vulnerable online? What does the research conducted by urban sociologist Jeffrey Lane suggest? Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

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Question 14

What is focused and unfocused interaction? Describe a situation in which you have engaged in both unfocused and focused interaction with others. Discuss the encounter from beginning to end, making sure to employ the appropriate terms used by Erving Goffman and other sociologists to analyze such situations. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

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Question 15

According to Erving Goffman, what is the purpose of response cries? Describe a scenario where a response cry performs an alternative function. Discuss this alternative function. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

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Quiz 5: Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet