Assignment 2 - Social Interaction

Due: Week after second exam

Considerations: You are encouraged to talk about this topic with your classmates outside of class or on the study hall forum. You can even read each other’s papers. However, simply copying and editing another person’s paper is considered plagiarism and you will, at a minimum, get a zero on this assignment. Canvas is very good at catching plagiarizers. Please do not attempt.

How to turn in: Turn in a copy to Canvas. The instructions for logging on to Canvas can be found here. YOU MUST TURN IN YOUR ASSIGNMENT THROUGH CANVAS, NOT DIRECTLY TO TURNITIN.COM. Canvas will link you to Turnitin.com.

Point value: This activity is worth 5 percent of your grade.

Resubmission policy: Any paper that receives a score of 17 or less (out of 20) can be revised and resubmitted. However, the resubmit option can only be used once. And the maximum score possible for a paper that is resubmitted is 18. There is a section on Canvas where you can turn in a resubmission. You will have until the next exam to resubmit. No late resubmissions will be accepted.

Assignment: You have three options to choose from.

Option 1: Audio or video record an interaction. Analyze the interaction applying what was presented in class. Discuss the following:

• Describe the social context, social structure, social positions, and social roles. Discuss how these elements affected the interaction.
• Describe the impression management aspects of the interaction.
• Study the structure of the conversation (conversation analysis).
• Examine what is going on in the interaction with respect to the relationship (discourse analysis focusing on the social bond and emotions).
• Discuss how being recorded may have affected the interaction.

Provide at least 30 seconds of verbatim dialog and analyze that dialog. Your analysis, however, is not limited to that 30 seconds. Provide the complete 30 seconds of verbatim text at the beginning or your paper (write out word for word what was said)

Informed consent: Make sure you get informed consent from your participants before you start recording. Do not record minors without consent from parent or guardian. Write a sentence or two about how you got it. For example, "Participants were informed that this project is for an assignment for a sociology class I am taking. They were told that their participation is voluntary and that they can quit at any time." Make sure you inform them that their participation is voluntary and that they can quit at any time.

Option 2: Examine an exchange via text or messaging app. The exchange should be at least 30 lines long, include at least 10 speaker changes, and be one continuous conversation. This is an exchange that could have happened in the past or an exchange that occurred after this assignment was assigned. Analyze the interaction applying what was presented in class. Discuss the following:

• Describe the social context, social structure, social positions, and social roles. Discuss how these elements affected the interaction.
• Describe the impression management aspects of the interaction.
• Study the structure of the conversation (conversation analysis).
• Examine what is going on in the interaction with respect to the relationship (discourse analysis focusing on the social bond and emotions).
• Discuss how the form of communiation (via text or messaging app) impacts the dialog.

Provide at least 30 lines of text that you will analyze. Your analysis, however, is not limited to those 30 lines. Provide the text exchange at the beginning or your paper.

Informed consent: Make sure you get informed consent from your participants. If it involves minors, get informed consent from parent or guardian. Write a sentence or two about how you got it. For example, "Participants were informed that this project is for an assignment for a sociology class I am taking. They were told that their participation is voluntary and that they can withdraw their consent at any time." Make sure you inform them that their participation is voluntary and that they can withdraw their consent at any time.

Option 3: Analyze an interaction on Youtube. It must be at least 30 seconds long. The interaction must be unscripted. There must be no editing of the section of the interaction that you are analyzing. Provide at least 30 seconds of dialog and analyze it. Discuss the following:

• Describe the social context, social structure, social positions, and social roles. Discuss how these elements affected the interaction.
• Describe the impression management aspects of the interaction.
• Study the structure of the conversation (conversation analysis).
• Examine what is going on in the interaction with respect to the relationship (discourse analysis focusing on the social bond and emotions).
• Discuss how the type of talk (recorded conversation for YouTube) affects the interaction.

Provide at least 30 seconds of verbatim dialog and analyze that dialog. Your analysis, however, is not limited to that 30 seconds. Provide the complete 30 seconds of verbatim text at the beginning or your paper (write out word for word what was said)

Here is an example of a video that you can analyze. You can analyze this video of you want:

COMING OUT TO MY PARENTS LIVE REACTION! (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Grading rubric:

20 -- Excellent and detailed analysis of the exchange covering the required points. Excellent very close examination of the exchange. Provides either the line number (if transcript is numbered) or exact quote when analyzing a particular part of the exchange. Is at least two pages double-spaced not including transcript of exchange (at least 600 words, usually substantially more). Is unusually insightful.

19 -- Excellent and detailed analysis of the exchange covering the required points. Excellent very close examination of the exchange. Provides either the line number (if transcript is numbered) or exact quote when analyzing a particular part of the exchange. Is at least two pages double-spaced not including transcript of exchange (at least 600 words, usually substantially more).

18 -- Excellent analysis of the exchange covering the required points. Excellent close examination of the exchange. Provides either the line number (if transcript is numbered) or exact quote when analyzing a particular part of the exchange. Is at least two pages double-spaced not including transcript of exchange (at least 600 words).

17 -- Very good analysis of the exchange covering the required points. Very good close examination of the exchange. Provides either the line number (if transcript is numbered) or exact quote when analyzing a particular part of the exchange. Is at least two pages double-spaced not including transcript of exchange (at least 600 words).

16 -- Good analysis of the exchange covering the required points. Good close examination of the exchange. Provides either the line number (if transcript is numbered) or exact quote when analyzing a particular part of the exchange. Is at least two pages double-spaced not including transcript of exchange (at least 600 words).

15 and below -- Average to inadequate analysis of the exchange not covering all required points. Average to inadequate close examination of the exchange. Does not provide either the line number (if transcript is numbered) or exact quote when analyzing a particular part of the exchange. Is two pages double-spaced not including transcript of exchange or less.

Sample written by a former student (click here)

Here is another example

Frequently made comment from past courses:

This assignment required that you analyze at least one interaction closely.

Good job. However, I would have liked you to develop a bit your analysis.

Good job. However, you needed to substantially include ideas we talked about in the class.

Informed consent: Make sure you get informed consent from your participants. Do not record minors without consent from parent or guardian. Write a sentence or two about how you got it. For example, "Participants were informed that this project is for an assignment for a sociology class I am taking. They were told that their participation is voluntary and that they can quit at any time." Make sure you inform them that their participation is voluntary and that they can quit at any time.

Informed consent: Make sure you get informed consent from your participants. If it involves minors, get informed consent from parent or guardian. Write a sentence or two about how you got it. For example, "Participants were informed that this project is for an assignment for a sociology class I am taking. They were told that their participation is voluntary and that they can withdraw their consent at any time." Make sure you inform them that their participation is voluntary and that they can withdraw their consent at any time.

Good job. However, I would have liked you to talk in more detail about what was going on in the interaction.

You needed to write a report about the data.

This assignment required that you analyze a real-life interaction.

Provide at least 30 seconds of verbatim dialog and analyze that dialog. Your analysis, however, is not limited to that 30 seconds.

How to read my comments after your paper has been graded

Here are instructions on how to see my comments provided by a student:

The best way to view it is to return to the page where the assignment was submitted through TurnItIn (in Canvas), NOT through the Grades link.

So from the main left sidebar I clicked: Assignments -> [name of assignment] -> at bottom of page click box that says 'Load [name of assignment] in new window' , which then opens the TurnItIn submission page. From TurnItIn you can click on the document submitted and the blue boxes will appear. Once you click on the blue box it expands and shows all of the professor's comments.

My comments: If you do not see the blue boxes, click on the blue quickmarks checkbox on the right side at the top. The blue box or boxes embedded in your paper are usually right at the top.