constructionist approaches to representation. Most of this text will be exploring the constructionist approach with two major variants or models of the constructionist approach‚ the semiotic approach- Ferdinand de Saussure and the discursive approach- Michel Foucault. But we have to answer the question first：what does the word representation really mean？ 1.1 Making meaning‚ Representing things Representation is the production of the meaning of the concepts in our minds through language. There are two processes
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greatly reflective on our idea of rightful punishment on specific violations. However‚ if one was to financially consider how our morals reflect our degree of discipline on specific violations‚ a potentially contradictory argument is provoked. Alice Goffman is
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Many individuals played an important role in the production of this thesis‚ and I would like to take this opportunity to note my heartfelt appreciation. First‚ I am indebted in particular to my entire family; most importantly‚ Mom; every path I have taken has been to make you proud‚ and I hope to fulfill your dreams through my shoes. I would also like to thank my sister Michelina‚ Joel‚ Dad‚ Nanny‚ Ken & Jarret‚ Uncle Ian & Aunt Kari‚ my guardian angel Thomas‚ Gran & my late Grampy–without your
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MALAY-CHINESE INTERETHNIC COMMUNICATION IN MALAYSIA: AN ANALYSIS OF SENSEMAKING IN EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES A dissertation presented to the faculty of the Scripps College of Communication of Ohio University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree Doctor of Philosophy Minah Harun March 2007 This dissertation entitled MALAY-CHINESE INTERETHNIC COMMUNICATION IN MALAYSIA: AN ANALYSIS OF SENSEMAKING IN EVERYDAY EXPERIENCES by MINAH HARUN has been approved for the School of Communication
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support. Both approaches are very different but both show ideas of our social imaginary‚ which is how people‚ as individuals fit together with each other and also with things which they want to have or use. Goffman and Foucalt also bring a good source of ideas of social order on what society is. Goffman place human interaction at the centre of his study but with Foucalt’s uses ‘fields of knowledge and power’ (Silva‚ 2009‚ P. 323) as the central
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poststructuralist movement claims that social life and interactions are disciplinary and carceral‚ exemplifying microscopic power relations (Foucault‚ Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison). The power of reason‚ embodied in Tom’s attempt to use reason and morality as guidelines‚ merely allows the segregation of the well-disciplined “good citizens” from the dissident. Foucault adds to the traditional concept of power as a central agent to sovereignty the interpersonal relations of forces. Dogville analyses
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Citations: 1. The Second Sex‚ 1949‚ translated by H M Parshley‚ Penguin 1972; 2. http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/ethics/de-beauvoir/2nd-sex/index.htm 3. Discipline and Punish by Michel Foucault Vintage; 2nd Edition edition (April 25‚ 1995) 4. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/m/michelfouc400252.html 5. http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/sartre/works/exist/sartre.htm 6. http://www.earthcharterinaction.org/content/pages/Read-the-Charter
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More modern thinkers like Foucault highlight the need to continue the fight towards Enlightenment and free thinking in both the public and private spheres. There have been many institutions of power over the course of history that have affected/ limited the views of the masses including
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themselves and others. By being able to share their perspective‚ they can essentially write a new “role” for themselves rather than being confined to an expected role. Mead‚ Butler‚ Goffman‚ and Dodge all have aspects of theories I was able to fit together to apply to the issue of high school sexual assault. Mead and Goffman offer a more traditional approach to symbolic interactionism which I then combined with Dodge and Butler’s modern feminist ideals. My contributions are necessary due to the dearth
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Dramaturgy and its origins Social interactions in our day-to-day lives are what give society‚ and the people within it‚ meaning; this meaning helps us establish the manner in which we interact with others. These meanings are therefore contextual and situational and rely on the individual we interact with‚ and therefore vary in exact meaning‚ but are usually already objectified‚ and socially constructed pre-interaction. We undergo a correspondence between our different meanings until reaching some
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