%0 Journal Article
%T Interaction Propositions: A Comparison of ¡°Dramaturgical Analysis¡± and ¡°Exchange Theory,¡± the Micro Sociological Explanations of Face-to-Face Communication Proposed by Erving Goffman and George C. Homans
%A J Forbes Farmer
%J Journal of Society and Communication
%D 2012
%I 
%X This article is an investigation into some aspects of the communication-focused exchange theory as proposed by George C. Homans and the dramaturgical analysis of Erving Goffman. By presenting evidence from the original writings of these ¡°contemporary¡± social theorists, the author suggests that Goffman¡¯s symbolic interactionism could be assimilated into Homans¡¯ propositions, or laws, and gereralizations about communication, interactions and encounters.
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