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Frame analysis (also called framing analysis) is a multi-disciplinary social science research method used to analyze how people understand situations and activities. The concept is generally attributed to the work of Erving Goffman and his 1974 book Frame analysis: An essay on the organization of experience and has been developed in social movement theory, policy studies and elsewhere. Created Date: 9/25/2007 1:39:19 PM. Frame Analysis: An Essay on the Organization of Experience Paperback – May 30, 1986. By Erving Goffman (Author) › Visit Amazon's Erving Goffman Page. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. See search results for this author. Stop pop up notifications on windows 10. Are you an author?
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PDF Few contemporary sociologists are as creative as Erving Goffman. One product of this creativity is frame analysis (Goffman, 1974), a method that is both admired and neglected. Erving Goffman (11 June 1922 – 19 November 1982) was a Canadian-American sociologist, social psychologist, and writer, considered by some 'the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century'.
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Erving Goffman will influence the thinking and perception of generations to come. In Frame Analysis, the brilliant theorist writes about the ways in which people determine their anwers to the question 'What is going on here?' and 'Under what circumstances do we think things are real?'
Published May 30th 1986 by Northeastern University Press (first published 1974)
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A classic, of course, but not a pleasant read. I discovered moments of brilliance, and probably missed a good many others because I don't have the background to analyze society as deeply as Goffman does, but I frankly found a lot of the book to hash over things that we all know from everyday life. Of course Goffman draws comparisons between commonplace things in unusual ways, but here the book runs into its other flaw: he draws his net too wide. His 'frame' can be any assumption that underlies a..more
Dec 29, 2008Anthony Buckley rated it really liked it
In his earlier work, Goffman showed how individuals had meaning only in the context of particular situations and through the roles they had in those situations. Frame Analysis is an attempt to formulate this central insight in a more abstract way. In some ways less satisfactory than his earlier books, it is nevertheless a major work by a great sociologist.
Aug 16, 2008Tiny Pants rated it liked it
Before I read this I had actually forgotten how enjoyable Goffman is to read -- he uses really entertaining examples to illustrate things, and his manner of writing is really refreshing, especially for sociological theory. He seems possible obsessed with horses, too. He mentions 'horses with mathematical inclinations' and there is a lengthy anecdote about the autopsy of this horse that the owners claim was killed by aliens. Also, he did a lot of fieldwork in Las Vegas, so many of his examples ar..more
This is a monumental text that has influenced so many theorists. It is extremely long with example after example. And just when you think he's done, there are five more examples. I genuinely think this book could have been half the length. Overall, this is incredibly insightful. I gave three stars because of length, but theoretically it deserves FIVE big stars.
Nov 24, 2018Nan rated it liked it
Goffman was an amazing thinker. This book is a bit informal and so he introduces it. It allows the reader to theore though. This work is a bit different from his classic 'self' or 'stigma' books.
Novelists really should understand frame analysis since they do it all the time whether they realize it or not. This is an exhaustive treatment of the subject.
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Aug 19, 2011Kathleen rated it liked it Shelves: academic, anthropology, cannonical-texts
Everyone references this book, and I wonder how many have ever read the entire thing. I definitely skimmed a good deal of it and skipped a couple of chapters. This book is unnecessarily long. The point that Goffman makes is not that complex and could be explained in less than 100 pages. I read it, because it's one of those things that you're supposed to read, I guess. However, I found it boring, repetitive, and not so enlightening. Perhaps if I had read this in the 1970s, I would have been more..more
Aug 27, 2015Daniela rated it it was ok
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Didn't finish it. I read the first two chapters and only skimmed the rest of the book after I realised I wasn't really getting anything out of it. I expected more methodological information and concepts. However, in this book Goffman explains different aspects of frames and then analyses those with different examples. A lot of this seems common sense or even not useful or interesting. Or stimulating.
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Interesting, albeit challenging read on how one interacts in the world and with others. Goffman uses many analogies (sometimes too many) to illustrate how we interpret and transform (frame) actions and dialog. Best quote, 'The individual comes to doings as someone of particular biographical identity even while he appears in the trappings of a particular social role' (p. 573).
Interesting, albeit challenging read on how one interacts in the world and with others. Goffman uses many analogies (sometimes too many) to illustrate how we interpret and transform (frame) actions and dialog. Best quote, 'The individual comes to doings as someone of particular biographical identity even while he appears in the trappings of a particular social role' (p. 573).
Mar 19, 2016Ron Sitton rated it it was amazing
This book provided the intellectual fodder for my dissertation.
far, far too long, but a startling analysis of experience processes that i would never think about, being always and fully present.
Dec 03, 2016Cassey rated it liked it · review of another edition
Only really 2 of the chapters were useful.
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Erving Goffman (June 11, 1922 – November 19, 1982) was a Canadian-born sociologist and writer.
Considered 'the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century' (Fine, Manning, and Smith 2000:ix), as a subjective analyst, Goffman's greatest contribution to social theory is his study of symbolic interaction in the form of dramaturgical analysis that began with his 1959 book The Presen..more
Considered 'the most influential American sociologist of the twentieth century' (Fine, Manning, and Smith 2000:ix), as a subjective analyst, Goffman's greatest contribution to social theory is his study of symbolic interaction in the form of dramaturgical analysis that began with his 1959 book The Presen..more