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“Wanting knowledge rather than lacking knowledge is what promotes information-seeking in initial encounters with others. [Critique: Nagging Doubts about Uncertainty]”
― A First Look at Communication Theory
― A First Look at Communication Theory
“[...] There is no "me" at birth. The "me" is formed only through continual symbolic interaction- first with family, next with playmates, then in institutions such as schools. As the generalized other in an ongoing mental dialogue. In this way, kinds participate in their own socialization. The child gradually acquired the roles of those in the surrounding community. Mead would have us think of the "me" as the organized society within the individual. But society does not always speak in a single, consisted voice. [...] a person's generalized other can change in a short period of time when a single group holds sway.”
― A First Look at Communication Theory
― A First Look at Communication Theory
“Mead and other symbolic interactionists refer to the composite person in our mind with whom we are in dialogue as our generalized other. [...] I believe he'd regard the hours we're glued to a screen and the responses we receive through social media as playing a big part in shaping the content of that inner dialogue. Those mental conversations are important because:
The generalized other is an organized set of information that the individual carries in her or his head about what the general expectation and attitudes of the social group are. We refer to this generalized other whenever we try to figure out how to behave or how to evaluate our behavior in a social situation. We take the position of the generalized other and assign meaning to ourselves and our actions.
[...] Mead saw society as consisting of individual actors who make their own choices- society-in-the-making rather than society-by-previous-design. Yet these individuals align their actions with what others are doing to form [...] societal institutions in which they take part. It is unclear [...] whether Mead regarded the generalized other as an overarching looking-glass self that we put together from the reflections we see in everyone we know or the institutional expectations, rules of the game, or accepted practices within society that influence every conversation that takes place in people's minds. Either way, the generalized other shapes how we think and interact within the community.”
― A First Look at Communication Theory
The generalized other is an organized set of information that the individual carries in her or his head about what the general expectation and attitudes of the social group are. We refer to this generalized other whenever we try to figure out how to behave or how to evaluate our behavior in a social situation. We take the position of the generalized other and assign meaning to ourselves and our actions.
[...] Mead saw society as consisting of individual actors who make their own choices- society-in-the-making rather than society-by-previous-design. Yet these individuals align their actions with what others are doing to form [...] societal institutions in which they take part. It is unclear [...] whether Mead regarded the generalized other as an overarching looking-glass self that we put together from the reflections we see in everyone we know or the institutional expectations, rules of the game, or accepted practices within society that influence every conversation that takes place in people's minds. Either way, the generalized other shapes how we think and interact within the community.”
― A First Look at Communication Theory
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