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Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior Erving Goffman
Publisher: Pantheon

There is a norm of anonymity which governs behavior in public between strangers. Sources: Interaction Ritual: Essays on Face-to-Face Behavior, Doubleday. Through this ritual, which sociologist Erving Goffman calls “civil inattention,” we demonstrate that we recognize the other person's presence, are not seeking a sustained interaction, and have no hostile intention. $10/year recommended for regular readers. The Dictionary Lost in a distant city, we approach a friendly face on the sidewalk and ask for directions. Normally strangers quickly glance at each other and then look away. Religion is dangerous business. Both these essays The old sage had several offers to leave Athens, but chose to stay and face conviction on two bogus charges: "corrupting the youth" and asebia, impiety—refusal to honor the accepted dieties of high Athenian culture. Beyond this primal interaction, nature did not tell them what else they should do with each other. Consequently human beings With this statement I get to the main points of this post: Ritual behavior typically occurs in the face of danger. How Metahistory Works (starting beneath the cartouche that signals recently posted material) is the opening orientation essay with emphasis on the Socratic angle of the site. The medium fundamentally dislocates action and communication from face-to-face co-presence, so it loses both its “situatedness” and its context in place and time. I view social interaction design as a field that seeks user-centric descriptions of experiences and behaviors on social media, with an eye on emergent social practices. Professor Berger's essay put me in mind of the old “nature versus nurture” debate that has been discussed since what must be the dawn of human history. Apr052013 Spiritism basically means talking to spirits, in séances, with cards and oracles, or in magic rituals. Goffman's model of interaction ritual provides a rich context for evaluating the complexities of human behavior in front of and behind the camera. I see user interactions as occurring between users, mediated by or rather the “application,” into account when interacting with others.