Football Is An American Culture Analysis
07/26/2012
Concept Paper Assignment
Football is a sport that is deeply rooted in American culture. Whether playing football professionally, or in a non-professional context, the primary objective is simple, to win and to have fun while doing it. During the National Football League’s season during the fall and winter month’s millions of men, women and children gather around on Sunday to watch their favorite team play on television or live at stadium packed events that are filled with people passionate about football. Live football games are perfect social situations to analyze from a micro and macro sociological perspective.
Last year, I went to a live football game in Arlington, Virginia to watch the Washington Redskins play …show more content…
These two teams have a long history and rivalry. This is due to the fact that they are both in the same division and play against each other twice a year. There is an unwritten rule that fans of the visiting team must show respect and be rather tame compared to the home team fans. Usually the home team has the most fans at games and because of this fans of the other team run the risk of getting heckled or hurt if they are rude and or annoying. When I went there I wore my Eagles apparel but being there with two Redskins fans, other people did not really bother me. Although there were some Redskin fans that looked at me disgusted and a little kid even yelled at me “EAGLES …show more content…
This is the process where we learn to become competent members of a group. Sociologist George Mead believed that people develop self-images through interactions with other people. He argued that the self, which is the part of a person’s personality consisting of self-awareness and self-image, is a product of social experience. During the game fans react to other fans emotions. For example, a Redskins fan starts to boo then another and all of sudden all the Redskins fans are booing. If they are happy then everyone else will share that common feeling. Mead emphasized the human use of language and other symbols to convey meaning. When I picked up my friends they both wore their Redskins jerseys and hats because social experience consists of the exchange of symbols which in this case was the Redskins fan gear. Like Mead, sociologist Charles Cooley believed that we form our self-images through interaction with other people. He was particularly interested in how significant others shape us as individuals. Cooley’s theory of socialization involves his notion of the looking-glass self. The looking-glass self refers to a self-image that is based on how we think others see us. For example, I was worried how other Redskins fans would treat me and how they would look at me when I arrived at
Concept Paper Assignment
Football is a sport that is deeply rooted in American culture. Whether playing football professionally, or in a non-professional context, the primary objective is simple, to win and to have fun while doing it. During the National Football League’s season during the fall and winter month’s millions of men, women and children gather around on Sunday to watch their favorite team play on television or live at stadium packed events that are filled with people passionate about football. Live football games are perfect social situations to analyze from a micro and macro sociological perspective.
Last year, I went to a live football game in Arlington, Virginia to watch the Washington Redskins play …show more content…
These two teams have a long history and rivalry. This is due to the fact that they are both in the same division and play against each other twice a year. There is an unwritten rule that fans of the visiting team must show respect and be rather tame compared to the home team fans. Usually the home team has the most fans at games and because of this fans of the other team run the risk of getting heckled or hurt if they are rude and or annoying. When I went there I wore my Eagles apparel but being there with two Redskins fans, other people did not really bother me. Although there were some Redskin fans that looked at me disgusted and a little kid even yelled at me “EAGLES …show more content…
This is the process where we learn to become competent members of a group. Sociologist George Mead believed that people develop self-images through interactions with other people. He argued that the self, which is the part of a person’s personality consisting of self-awareness and self-image, is a product of social experience. During the game fans react to other fans emotions. For example, a Redskins fan starts to boo then another and all of sudden all the Redskins fans are booing. If they are happy then everyone else will share that common feeling. Mead emphasized the human use of language and other symbols to convey meaning. When I picked up my friends they both wore their Redskins jerseys and hats because social experience consists of the exchange of symbols which in this case was the Redskins fan gear. Like Mead, sociologist Charles Cooley believed that we form our self-images through interaction with other people. He was particularly interested in how significant others shape us as individuals. Cooley’s theory of socialization involves his notion of the looking-glass self. The looking-glass self refers to a self-image that is based on how we think others see us. For example, I was worried how other Redskins fans would treat me and how they would look at me when I arrived at