Social information

• Autor(a) principal: Barros CAMPOS, Luis Fernando de
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Transinformação (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/transinfo/article/view/10451
• topic: Goffman; Social information; Social interactíon; Goffman; Informação social; Interação social

Based on [rving Goffman's work, the article aims to discuss il definition of information centered on the type conveyed by individuais in a multimodal way, encompassing language and body in situations of co-presence, where face-to-face interaction occurs, and influencing inter-subjective formation of the self Six types of information are highlighted: material information, expressive information, ritualized information, meta-information, strategic information, and information displays. lt is argued that the construction of this empirical object tends to dissolve the tension among material, cognitive and pragmatic aspects, constituting an example of the necessary integration amon9 them. Some vulnerable characteristics of the theory are critically mentioned and it is suggested that the concept of information displays could provide a platform to approach the question of the interaction order in its relations with the institutional and social orders, and consequently, to reassess the scope of the notion of social information analyzed.