Web Links

Erving Goffman
(http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/goffmanbio.html)

This site is a lengthy biography and review of Goffman's life provided by Andreas Tueber at Brandeis University. It includes a listing of all of Goffman's published books, a narrative summary of Goffman's most important concepts, and an obituary written on the occasion of Goffman's death.

The Presentation of Self in Electronic Life: Goffman on the Internet
(http://ess.ntu.ac.uk/miller/cyberpsych/goffman.htm)

An on-line essay written by Hugh Miller at the Nottingham Trent University. He applies Goffman's concepts of self presentation and framing to people's self presentation on Internet web pages. The essay provides a review of Goffman's ideas, an analysis of the different kinds of personal web pages on the Internet, and a consideration of the unique problems in applying Goffman's work to web pages.

Dramaturgy: Beyond Erving Goffman
(http://www.tryoung.com/lectures/021DramaturgicalAnalysis.htm)

This site is sponsored by the Red Feather Institute for Advanced Studies in Sociology. It offers a mini-lecture on Goffman's dramaturgical model. The purpose of the lecture is to extend Goffman's model beyond the level of face-to-face interaction, and to promote an understanding of its applications to mass phenomena such as the way that capitalists present themselves to consumers in the media.

Garfinkel's Breaching Experiments
(http://www.louisville.edu/~jabusc01/ethnomet.html)

This is a selection from Garfinkel's book Studies in Ethnomethodology that provides numerous examples of breaching experiments.

The International Institute for Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis
(http://www.iiemca.org/)

This is the website for the International Institute for Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis. It provides a history of the organization, a list of upcoming conferences, and links to other websites that address issues in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis.

Ethno/CA News
(http://www.pscw.uva.nl/emca/index.htm)

This is a web page produced by Paul ten Have at the University of Amsterdam. It provides an updated list of conferences, publications, and resources of interest to ethnomethodologists and conversation analysts, as well as numerous links to related Internet sites.

TeamEthno
(http://www.teamethno-online.org)

A free on-line journal dedicated to the publication of studies in the tradition of Garfinkel's ethnomethodology.

University of Nottingham Mixed Reality Laboratory
(http://www.mrl.nott.ac.uk/main.html)

This is the home site for an interdisciplinary research group at the University of Nottingham. The group examines new technologies that merge physical and digital worlds. Among other techniques, this group's research draws on Garfinkel's ethnomethodological approach to study the way that people practically engage these technologies.

Homans: General Propositions
(http://wizard.ucr.edu/~bkaplan/soc/lib/homnprop.html)

A lengthy selection from Homans's book Elementary Forms of Social Behavior. The selection provides a list and discussion of each of Homans's behavioral propositions, as well as some general conclusions about these propositions.

Who's Who and What's What in the History of Rational Choice Theory
(http://faculty.fuqua.duke.edu/~rnau/choice/whoswho.htm)

This site provides an extensive listing of the historical figures who have contributed to the development of rational choice theory. The contributions of each figure are described at length. The site also provides examples of the logic games that have become important to rational choice theory.

Sexing the Political: A Journal of Third Wave Feminists on Sexuality
(http://www.sexingthepolitical.com/)

An on-line journal, published three times each year, featuring articles that explore the many facets of women's sexuality. Each issue includes a column that addresses "The feminism of everyday life."

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