Sociological Concepts And Gesture That Relates To The Comic Monstore

My paper is going to consists on 50 different concepts from sociology that describes clips or scenes from SpongeBob square pants. 1. Macrosociology focuses on groups without to regard to the interaction of the people involved. In the show SpongeBob, it an episode when Sandy Cheeks which is a squirrel was homesick. Everyone in the town of bikini bottom came together and throws her a party. 2. Sociological Imagination is when you’re set of mind that enables individuals to see the relationship between events in their personal lives and events in their society. For example, When SpongeBob got his first job at the Krusty Krab. Mr. Krabs which is the manager of the restaurant. Squidward which is a cashier was debating whether or not he should get

Touch - Touch is the most used non-verbal communication. An example is when we shake hands at a first meeting. The way we handle individuals can be a positive way of communicating. We communicate when we lift an individual’s leg or move them.

I decided to go to Panda Express at 5:30 pm for my observations, while there I was able to observe just how much people rely on nonverbal communications to get their point across. Although I witnessed several encounters of unique body language, there were also a few actions that reoccurred several times in several different people. For example, when a customer would approach the counter where employee served the food, the employee would raise her eyebrows and smile at the customer. The employee’s smile, however, did not reach her eyes suggesting that while it is her job to smile and be welcoming to the customer, she most likely did not want to be at work. Additionally, I noticed that when customers approached the counter about 90 percent of them had their arms crossed. The act of crossing ones arms usually means that a person is trying to put a barrier between them and a situation that they either don’t like, or are uncomfortable with. This may mean that the customers were displeased with having to wait in line to get their food, on the other hand it may be that they were simply comfortable folding their arms. Once they reached the front of the line, every customer pointed to the food they wanted along with verbally telling the employee. This made their communication more effective as it helped to overcome the barrier of sound because the restaurant was noisy.

When communicating with others, it is important to consider the context in which we are working. For example, more formal language and behaviour would be used in a meeting and the school will have a range of types of planned communication with other adults – when dealing with other professionals, there will be meetings and discussions as well as more informal communication at different times. However, there are also the non-spoken forms of communication such as how quickly we respond to an email or phone message, how attentive we are when speaking to someone, how we dress. Different cultures will have their own norms of behaviour which will extend to gestures, body language and eye contact. In some cultures, for example, it is not polite

The animated television series, The Simpsons has been an effective way in illustrating sociological themes. The Simpsons portrays a mini-society that addresses social institutions such as education, family, mass media, religion, and government through the family and their local community. The intersection of culture and social structure helps create the Simpson’s hometown “Springfield, USA”. The Simpsons represents contemporary American culture , and has been described as “ a funhouse mirror reflection of the ‘average’ American family, as it still persists in our national imagination” ( MacGregor 1999). This show uses causes and consequences of social processes to bring to light “real-life” topics. Images of adolescent deviance are common throughout the show and are implemented in numerous references such as the role of family, peers, schools and the law enforcement in promoting conformity and preventing delinquency.

There are eight key forms of nonverbal communications used on a daily basis. These forms can affect the way people view another person; however, without understanding the forms of nonverbal communication there is certain to be a lot of misinterpretations. Cultural and language differences are a common reason for miscommunication. When communicating with people in different cultures, a person should be extremely aware of the hand gestures and nonverbal communication tools they are using. Many of the hand gestures used in the United States that mean good things, mean offensive and profane things to other cultures. Nonverbal communication is described as body language, hand gestures, and facial expressions. It is known that people reveal more information through nonverbal communication, than words alone to get a point across. There will always be some interaction between two or more people that everyone’s

Video one, 'A Successful Sociologist Makes the Familiar Strange' has strong points and examples although it tended to lack depth in it's explanation of the Sociological Imagination. Video two, 'Role of Sociological Imagination: Parades' went much deeper into what the sociological imagination is, and, how we can apply it. The video gave great a great example of how we can interpret a particular society through social event, such as parades, by examining which roles were given to which people, the placement of men and women of particular social backgrounds and what themes the parades pandered

I believe the subject of Mike Twohy’s cartoon is today’s culture. I say this because it shows the news reporters as lies, rumors, and innuendo to show that even in our daily culture’s news is not to be trusted because everyone feels the need for exaggeration. It shows a man walking a dog that is trying to see what is going on with the reporters, and he is seeing firsthand what reporters will do in order to get a better story. Furthermore, the subject of the cartoon is today’s culture in order to allow viewers to come to the idea that not everything in our culture is perfect and is to be trusted.

Social structures and cultures are founded upon social interactions. By interacting with one another, people design rules, institutions and systems within which they seek to live. Symbols are used to communicate the expectations of a given society to those new to it, either children or outsiders. Through this broad schema of social development, one sees how social interaction lies at its core.

There are also different body movements by both the bartender and the customer that all gave more meaning to the conversation. For example, when the customer could not be controlled, the bartender called the security staff by raising his hand palm up and establishing eye contact with him. The security understood immediately that his service was needed at the bar. This nonverbal body movement is called emblems. According to ( textbook p.69) ‘emblems are those gestures that have

For many years, sociologists have been studying the importance of human interaction and how it contributes to society. Sociologist like Erving Goffman and Harold Garfinkel, and Max Weber have made great contributions to helping us understand how society is created through social interaction, routines, organization and order. In my report, I will be demonstrating how society and social order are maintained through social interaction, and relationships in a retail store named “Urban planet”.

I did this assignment in the shopping center where there are a great deal of body communications. I started in the food court where I saw two mothers with three kids and one of the children was using the “ok” sign which is an emblem signal. She was conveying how good the pizza was. It was used twice. Since they were in the food court it was used to describe her thought about the pizza. I then moved on throughout the mall where I saw two man standing outside of a store that was soon to be opening. They were construction worker with a blue print in their hand with the design of the front of the store. I noted them moving their hands a lot and pointing them up indicating where they’re going to place everything. They were using illustrator gestures.

Hi Kariann, I think you made a good point about how perfection is the secondary to their communication. I am supporting you with the idea that the comic women make were relates more on the communication and the information. On the other hand, the comic men create may focus on the imagination. I think that was the reason why Trina Robbins mentioned in the article that women are finally putting their comics in the social media, so that the audience or the reader will be able to read their comic. The women will also look on the comic online or through magazine to get any comic she wants. Moreover, their secondary perfection actually contributed the hindrance of the female voice in the comic industry. I would say that there is a lot of hostility

According to Italyogue, some popular forms of kinesics that are used throughout Italian culture include: gestures, emblems, illustrators, and regulators. These forms of kinesics are apparent in the daily lives of Italians. Examples are double-checked kissing to greet someone and body language or hand gestures that illustrate an expression to give words a more powerful meaning (Bosrock, 2010). One form of nonverbal communication found in Italian culture that closely resembles that of American counterparts is the way Italians regulate or control their communication or interaction with others (Berry, et al., 2010). Berry, et al. (2008), show the similarities in how people show interest (eye contact, lean in, and smiles) or attempt to avoid (avert eyes, cross arms, or lean back) communication with others. An overall understanding of these communication patterns can remove confusion that hinders effective communication.

an explanation of how to recognise and respond to different body language in business environments