Microsociology

Microsociology is one of the main levels of analysis (or focuses) of sociology, concerning the nature of everyday human social interactions and agency on a small scale: face to face.[1]: 5  Microsociology is based on subjective interpretative analysis rather than statistical or empirical observation,[2]: 18–21  and shares close association with the philosophy of phenomenology. Methods include symbolic interactionism and ethnomethodology; ethnomethodology in particular has led to many academic sub-divisions and studies such as micro-linguistical research and other related aspects of human social behaviour. Macrosociology, by contrast, concerns the social structure and broader systems.

  1. ^ Smelser, Neil J. 1997. Problematics of Sociology..
  2. ^ Goffman, Erving. 1972. Relations in Public.