A man is walking down a public street. Another man glances at him and quickly looks away, and they pass one another silently. According to Goffman, what is the message exchanged between the two men?

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A man is walking down a public street. Another man glances at him and quickly looks away, and they pass one another silently. According to Goffman, what is the message exchanged between the two men?

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Araceli Jimenez · Answer 1

"I see you, and I mean you no harm."

Explanation:

Erving Goffman was a sociologist and a social psychologist. He is considered as one of the most influential sociologist of America. His is well-known for the contribution to the social theory for his famous study of symbolic interaction.

He used symbolic interaction views to understand the society better by analyzing and understanding people's everyday behaviors and interaction.

In the context, according to Goffman's theory when two men crossing each other glances at each other and quickly passes silently conveys the message that both sees each other and they mean no harm to one another.