Email - Message Transmission and Social Ritual

2005 ◽  
pp. 26-56
Author(s):  
Eileen Day
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Complexity ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
The Social ◽  
Email Message ◽  
Human Sense ◽  
Organisational Cultures

In considering the implications of what it means to be moving towards an Interaction Society, my research into intraorganisational email illuminates some of the inherent social complexity and the subtle nuances of its use within organisational life. A range of significant insights emerged through a deep hermeneutic understanding of the ways that people within the study were constructing email as an everyday part of their workplace. As a consequence, I have constructed a new concept, message web to encapsulate the social interaction and human sense-making activities around email in association with its technical capabilities as daily life is being played out within organisational cultures today. In this chapter, I tell an ethnographic story concerning just one strand of the case study organisation’s message web: the copying function of email. And being an ethnographic story, I’ve also embedded reflective glimpses of my research processes.

scholarly journals DALE ESA

KRITIS ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-56
Author(s):  
Jos Josia Beeh ◽  
Sri Suwartiningsih ◽  
Elly Esra Kudubun
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Relationships ◽  
Social Norm ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Mutual Cooperation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Village ◽  
Birth Death

The village Bokonusan is the location on the Semau Island and the district of Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara. Norma and refers to the contructual obligations between members of society in accordance with the rules of the costums, trust that refer to expectation and goals together in building in accordance with the values of mutual cooperation of solidarity of the community. As for the porpouse of research to, give me a description of application of the local Dale Esa in the life together in the village Bokonusan, as well as explain the elements of what is contained in the wisdom of Dale Esa as social capital in communities Bokonusan village. The method used is a qualitatve and approach to the contructivism oh the research descriptive aksplanative. Interwoven ily tradition, a marriege, birth, death, a new garden work (teh management of the land) and conflic resolution. The application of valeu to keep in daily life as from of social interaction. In the wisdom of Dale Esa the cooperation between the community refers to social relationships between societies so that, the social network, the obligation, prohibition, the rigth have, between members of the community to help each other as a from social norm, the emergance of the hope and goals together to build together as result the trust.

Neither Individualistic nor Interactionist

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ezequiel Di Paolo ◽  
Hanne De Jaegher
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
Individual Autonomy ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Enactive Approach ◽  
Individual Agency ◽  
Hybrid Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Mind And Body ◽  
Complex Forms

We summarize some of the main proposals of the enactive approach to social understanding and discuss some common misreadings of the notion of participatory sense-making. The emphasis on the role played by social interaction in the enactive perspective is sometimes misinterpreted as the adoption of an interactionist stance, whereby individual processes are less relevant. This is not the case, and we proceed to explain and exemplify the central role played by individual agency, subpersonal processes and subjective personal experience in the framework of participatory sense-making. This is clear from how social interaction is defined as involving the co-arising of autonomous relational patterns, not under the full control of any participant, but without loss of individual autonomy of those engaged in the social encounter. We discuss how interactive patterns can sustain a deep entanglement between brain, body and interactive dynamics during social engagement, as well as the functional role played in some case by collective dynamics. The enactive approach is neither individualistic, nor interactionist. However, we express skepticism regarding the usefulness of hybrid approaches, which perpetuate dualistic distinctions between mind and body. Instead, the tensions in the notion of participatory sense-making are elaborated dialectically, demonstrating how complex forms of social agency, including language, develop from the primordial tension in participatory sense-making.

Mobile Media and Social Interaction

2016 ◽  
pp. 357-379
Author(s):  
Manuel José Damásio ◽  
Sara Henriques ◽  
Inês Teixeira-Botelho ◽  
Patrícia Dias
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Technology Adoption ◽  
Mobile Communication ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Mobile Internet ◽  
Mobile Media ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Transformation Processes

This chapter discusses the new social configurations society is undergoing on the basis of media emergence. Media are embedded in the arousal of communication and information transmission becoming the form, the infrastructure and the institution for the social and culture. This chapter focuses on mobile communication, having as central goal to debate on the processes of mediatization and mediation of society, as well as on the processes of belonging and social cohesion. Data from mobile internet adoption and use will be discussed in the light of the above mentioned theoretical approaches. An empirical case study will also be approached and results will provide contributions for the understanding of this type of technology adoption processes and the increasing importance of mobility in cultural and social practices, promoting an exciting discussion on the centrality of media nowadays and the current transformation processes society is undergoing.

scholarly journals Work Coordination as a Social Interaction Process in Nursing Staff Meetings

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Eveliina Pennanen ◽  
Leena Mikkola
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Interaction Process ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Workplace Interactions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Work Coordination ◽  
Task Oriented

Work coordination, which here refers to organizing, planning, discussing, and negotiating work, is done through social interaction. Because coordination is essential to work quality and well-being at work, it is important to understand the processes that construct work coordination. This study aims to understand work coordination as a social interaction process by analyzing social interaction in nursing staff meetings of a Finnish hospital. Observations and approaches of inductive and descriptive qualitative analysis were used to examine eight sequential nursing staff meetings that took place in 2012. The results indicate that work coordination consisted of sense-making information, sense-making action, managing emotions, and managing positions of employees. Work coordination constructs the social reality of the workplace both on the task level and the relational level. Understanding that work coordination is not only a task-oriented process that deals with organizing practical tasks and duties but is also a process of constructing positions and relationships in work communities helps to identify and understand the possibilities that social interaction and its practices, such as workplace meetings, offer. The findings can be applied in the organizational context to evaluate and develop workplace interactions.

scholarly journals Social Construction of Extremism: Case Study of South Punjab

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-305
Author(s):  
Sidra Jamil ◽  
Naeem Ahmed ◽  
Sibghat U. Bajwa ◽  
Nazar Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Social Construction ◽  
Qualitative Methods ◽  
Social Institutions ◽  
Sample Population ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Composition ◽  
The Social ◽  
Ethnographic Observation

South Punjab, the land of Sufi saints, and epitome of peace and love has transformed into the fulcra of militancy in last two decades. The current study draws the connection between society (social-organisation) and social interaction with the construction of individual’s perceptions and behaviours. The study also underscores the flaws lie in the social composition of society of South Punjab that contributes to the construction of violent perceptions and behaviours, and trigger individuals to join militant wings. The research was conducted in Multan- a district of South Punjab.  The qualitative methods: ethnographic observation and semi-structured interviews are used in this research. Purpose sampling is used to select sample population encompassing people from diverse social backgrounds. The findings of the research unfold those prime social institutions including religion, education, economic and government are mal-functioning, due to which region became heartland of militancy.

scholarly journals Engaging nanotechnologies: a case study of 'upstream' public engagement

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phil Macnaghten
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Public Engagement ◽  
Public Attitudes ◽  
Knowledge Generation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Upstream Public Engagement ◽  
Insight Into

This paper develops an analysis of the factors likely to shape future public responses to the social and ethical dimensions of emerging nanotechnologies. The research was designed to offer insight into the following: what sorts of issues are likely under current circumstances to shape public attitudes towards nanotechnologies; what narrative resources do people draw upon to develop their thinking; how do public attitudes evolve through social interaction and knowledge generation; and to what extent can expressed concerns be understood as emblematic of wider societal dilemmas.

The Relationship Between Body Movements and Qualities of Social Interaction Between a Boy With Severe Developmental Disabilities and His Caregiver

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (3) ◽  
pp. 154-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jesper Dammeyer ◽  
Simo Køppe
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Nonverbal Communication ◽  
Motor Behavior ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Body Movements ◽  
The Social ◽  
Severe Developmental Disabilities ◽  
Observer Ratings

Abstract Research in social interaction and nonverbal communication among individuals with severe developmental disabilities also includes the study of body movements. Advances in analytical technology give new possibilities for measuring body movements more accurately and reliably. One such advance is the Qualisys Motion Capture System (QMCS), which utilizes optical markers to capture body movements. The aim of this study was to explore the practicality of measuring body movements in the nonverbal communication of a child with severe developmental disabilities. A preliminary case study has been undertaken. The social interaction between a boy with developmental disabilities and his teacher was analyzed (1) using observer ratings on psychological aspects of the social interaction and (2) measuring body positions, velocity, and angles of body movements using the QMCS. Associations between observer ratings and measured body movements were examined. This preliminary case study has indicated that emotional response and attention level during the social interaction corresponded with local, synchronized movements and face-to-face orientation. Measurement of motor behavior is suggested as being a potentially useful methodological approach to studying social interaction and communication development.

Openness and Closure in the Later Medieval Village*

2017 ◽  
Vol 234 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen Mileson
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Social Space ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Great Majority ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Rural Settlements ◽  
Social Significance ◽  
Wood Pasture ◽  
The Social

Abstract There is a growing scholarly interest in the daily life and perceptions of ordinary medieval people, yet there has been little attempt to conceptualise the social space of the rural settlements in which the great majority of the population lived. This article examines how a village or hamlet in England might have been used and perceived in the later Middle Ages (c.1200 to 1500), especially in terms of access and permeability—in other words how open or closed (or, more crudely, ‘public’ or ‘private’) the components of a settlement were, and how the spatial relationships between these components affected their use and social significance. The data are drawn mainly from lowland England, with a special focus on Ewelme hundred in Oxfordshire, an area of mixed countryside including open-field villages and dispersed wood-pasture settlements. It will be argued that differences in openness and closure across space and time supply a guide to rural social interaction as a whole.

scholarly journals Work Coordination as a Social Interaction Process in Nursing Staff Meetings

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
Eveliina Pennanen ◽  
Leena Mikkola
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Nursing Staff ◽  
Organizational Context ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Interaction Process ◽  
Sense Making ◽  
Workplace Interactions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Work Coordination ◽  
Task Oriented

Work coordination, which here refers to organizing, planning, discussing, and negotiating work, is done through social interaction. Because coordination is essential to work quality and well-being at work, it is important to understand the processes that construct work coordination. This study aims to understand work coordination as a social interaction process by analyzing social interaction in nursing staff meetings of a Finnish hospital. Observations and approaches of inductive and descriptive qualitative analysis were used to examine eight sequential nursing staff meetings that took place in 2012. The results indicate that work coordination consisted of sense-making information, sense-making action, managing emotions, and managing positions of employees. Work coordination constructs the social reality of the workplace both on the task level and the relational level. Understanding that work coordination is not only a task-oriented process that deals with organizing practical tasks and duties but is also a process of constructing positions and relationships in work communities helps to identify and understand the possibilities that social interaction and its practices, such as workplace meetings, offer. The findings can be applied in the organizational context to evaluate and develop workplace interactions.

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