Outputs (7)

Fiction in Goffman (2022)
Journal Article
Smith, G. (2022). Fiction in Goffman. Sociological Review, 70(4), 711-722. https://doi.org/10.1177/00380261221109029

There are no references to creative fiction in Erving Goffman’s founding statement of his sociology of the interaction order, his 1953 Chicago doctoral dissertation ( Communication Conduct in an Island Community). Yet four pages into his first and be... Read More about Fiction in Goffman.

The story of the nearest relative : shifts in footing in dramaturgical replayings (2019)
Journal Article
Morriss, L., & Smith, G. (2019). The story of the nearest relative : shifts in footing in dramaturgical replayings. Qualitative Sociology Review, 15(2), 74-88. https://doi.org/10.18778/1733-8077.15.2.06

The utility of Goffman’s thinking about conversational interaction to illuminate features of a research interview between one of the two authors (LM) and a fellow social work professional is assessed. We use this case to explore aspects of Goffman’s... Read More about The story of the nearest relative : shifts in footing in dramaturgical replayings.

Editors' introduction (2017)
Journal Article
Ball, M., & Smith, G. (2017). Editors' introduction. International Review of Qualitative Research, 10(2), 119-127. https://doi.org/10.1525/irqr.2017.10.2.119

In the contemporary world visual data are found in a range of forms and formats and in a variety of practical empirical contexts. Our Introduction considers the growth of visual studies in recent decades and its increasing focus upon practices of vis... Read More about Editors' introduction.

Flu frames (2013)
Journal Article
Staniland, K., & Smith, G. (2013). Flu frames. Sociology of Health and Illness, 35(2), 309-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01537.x

This article investigates how the frame concept was used in media studies of the 2009 flu pandemic representation. We examine how frame (or framing) analysis has illuminated sociological features of these depictions and how the frame concept facilita... Read More about Flu frames.

Flu frames (2013)
Journal Article
Staniland, K., & Smith, G. (2013). Flu frames. Sociology of Health and Illness, 35(2), 309-324. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9566.2012.01537.x

This article investigates how the frame concept was used in media studies of the 2009 flu pandemic representation. We examine how frame (or framing) analysis has illuminated sociological features of these depictions and how the frame concept facilita... Read More about Flu frames.

Enacted others: specifying Goffman's phenomenological omissions and sociological accomplishments (2005)
Journal Article
Smith, G. (2005). Enacted others: specifying Goffman's phenomenological omissions and sociological accomplishments. Human Studies, 28(4), 397-415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10746-005-9006-1

Erving Goffman's distinctive contribution to an understanding of others was grounded in his information control and ritual models of the interaction process. This contribution centered on the forms of the interaction order rather than self-other rela... Read More about Enacted others: specifying Goffman's phenomenological omissions and sociological accomplishments.

Racing against time? Aspects of the temporal organization of the runner's world (2002)
Journal Article
Smith, G. (2002). Racing against time? Aspects of the temporal organization of the runner's world. Symbolic Interaction, 25(3), 343-362. https://doi.org/10.1525/si.2002.25.3.343

Drawing on documentary sources and participant observation, I seek to specify salient temporal characteristics of the social world of running. Extant analyses seem preoccupied with criticizing running temporality for reproducing, in a sporting contex... Read More about Racing against time? Aspects of the temporal organization of the runner's world.