How awkward is it walking into a setting, trying to observe people 's reactions for a long period of time? For our assignment for Sociology, we were asked to conduct a study of a social setting. Well, I chose to go to Panera Bread in Hadley, MA. At first, I walked in and observed the people that were in the front of the restaurant. Then, I walked to the counter where I ordered my food, trying to act normal in the environment. During the observation period, there were a variety of different people and interactions/ communications that sociology is present on a daily basis.
As soon as I walk in, the front of the restaurant is full of students and office workers on the comfy chairs, doing work on their laptops. Some of the students are wearing …show more content…
One of the sociologist perspective that is present in Panera Bread is, symbolic interactionism. The symbolic interactionism perspective is that peopach meaning to symbols and they act according to the subjective interception of the symbol. One of these main symbols is a verbal conversation. When people speak with words it’s a predominant symbol which makes the subjective interpretation evident. In Panera, there were a lot of people that were having verbal communication with each other. This consist of the manager asking me how I am doing,greeting me, taking my meal order, couples and families having conversations, and the student talking to her parents about her upcoming finals. During an effective communication process, there is an interaction of symbols between individuals who interpret the world around them. An example of this is, when families are having conversations about their life and have the world around them. Herbert Blumer, a sociologist came up with the the idea that there are different meanings for different people. The different kinds of groups in society I found at panera, show there is evidence of this. People that go to panera might go there because they have different purposes. For example the students and the working class might be there to grab something to eat or drink and do work. While couples, families, or individuals might simply just be having dinner and interacting with …show more content…
I found that there are different types of communications going on between people and sociological perspectives that can be related to. The symbolic interactionism perspective is when people attach a meaning to symbols and act to their subjective interception of the symbols. Once humans start have a verbal conversation, the words are predominant symbols, which make the subjunctive interception present. The other sociological perspective that is the functionalist perspective. It focuses on the structures that are created in society and how they remain stable. Also, it shows how panera bread is dependent to the variety of customers that go in and purchase food. For this assignment, I learned that sociology does exist every day and everywhere you go. This is due to the fact that sociology is the study of development, structure, and the functioning of human
As soon as I walk in, the front of the restaurant is full of students and office workers on the comfy chairs, doing work on their laptops. Some of the students are wearing …show more content…
One of the sociologist perspective that is present in Panera Bread is, symbolic interactionism. The symbolic interactionism perspective is that peopach meaning to symbols and they act according to the subjective interception of the symbol. One of these main symbols is a verbal conversation. When people speak with words it’s a predominant symbol which makes the subjective interpretation evident. In Panera, there were a lot of people that were having verbal communication with each other. This consist of the manager asking me how I am doing,greeting me, taking my meal order, couples and families having conversations, and the student talking to her parents about her upcoming finals. During an effective communication process, there is an interaction of symbols between individuals who interpret the world around them. An example of this is, when families are having conversations about their life and have the world around them. Herbert Blumer, a sociologist came up with the the idea that there are different meanings for different people. The different kinds of groups in society I found at panera, show there is evidence of this. People that go to panera might go there because they have different purposes. For example the students and the working class might be there to grab something to eat or drink and do work. While couples, families, or individuals might simply just be having dinner and interacting with …show more content…
I found that there are different types of communications going on between people and sociological perspectives that can be related to. The symbolic interactionism perspective is when people attach a meaning to symbols and act to their subjective interception of the symbols. Once humans start have a verbal conversation, the words are predominant symbols, which make the subjunctive interception present. The other sociological perspective that is the functionalist perspective. It focuses on the structures that are created in society and how they remain stable. Also, it shows how panera bread is dependent to the variety of customers that go in and purchase food. For this assignment, I learned that sociology does exist every day and everywhere you go. This is due to the fact that sociology is the study of development, structure, and the functioning of human