What Would Goffman Say – Smartphones Edition
November 8, 2010 by SocProf and tagged Dramaturgy, Identity, Microsociology, Social Interaction, Technology
[Disclaimer: I am an Android owner but I also have an iPad, wifi only.]
You are what smartphone you own. It is yet another status signal that creates identification (in-group processes) and categorization (out-group definition). The fierce attacks in comment sections of technology websites attest to the strength of such identifications and categorizations. Smartphones have very quickly become part of the arsenal of presentation of self.
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November 9th, 2010 at 1:49 pm
You are not a real man! (i.e., you are not how the typical blackberry user sees himself) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oQ4hjQ_9Bc