Although small group research has been somewhat marginalized within sociology during the past decades, the authors argue that a focus on interaction arenas can contribute to a more complete analysis of social life. Specifically the authors examine three central domains of sociological analysis—culture, organizations, and the economy—to demonstrate how a focus on the mesolevel of analysis allows...

We are developing an ontology of microsocial concepts for use in an instructional system for teaching cross-cultural communication. We report here on that part of the ontology relating to interpersonal relationships. We first explicate the key concepts of commitment, shared plans, and good will. Then in terms of these we present a formal account of the host-guest relationship.

A THEORY OF INTERACTION ritual is the key to microsociology, and microsociology is the key to much that is larger. The smallscale, the hereand-now of face-to-face interaction, is the scene of action and the site of social actors. If we are going to find the agency of social life, it will be here. Here reside the energy of movement and change, the glue of solidarity, and the conservatism of stas...

Eriksson, L. 2016. Online Together. A Sociological Study of the Concept of Togetherness and the Contemporary Conditions for Social Interaction. Studia Sociologica Upsaliensia 64. 176 pp. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. ISBN 978-91-554-9593-0. The recent advances in digital communication technologies have altered the way in which people socialize on a day-to-day basis. A question that h...

Self-organization and survival are inextricably bound to an agent’s ability to control and anticipate its environment. Here we assess both skills when multiple agents compete for a scarce resource. Drawing on insights from psychology, microsociology and control theory, we examine how different assumptions about the behaviour of an agent’s peers in the anticipation process affect subjective cont...

A range of scientific works show that sociological intervention is rooted in two main theoretical branches – psychosociology and microsociology. Although the concepts foundations these major are, course, different, their relationships with subject mix proximity self-analysis, resulting an enlightening common factor. Our intention this article not only to identify primary theories deve...