dissemination media, 95, 129, 168, 200

distance, 107

distinction. See also observation., 17–21, 150, 180n1, 162, 165, 176–179, 185, 208

double contingency, 9, 124–129

empire, 193

empirical research, 10, 179, 205–217

episode, 166–167

equality and inequality, 187, 194–195, 199

ethnography, 211–212

evolution. See also co-evolution., 110, 115, 157, 163, 167–168

exclusion. See also inclusion and exclusion., 53

expectations, 122–124, 128, 173

form. See also observation; medium and form., 15–16, 19–20, 27, 106, 115

functional differentiation. See also problems and solutions., 5, 10, 127, 144–147, 163, 174–175, 196–203, 216

functional method, 213–217

gesture. See also nonverbal communication., 122

hermeneutics, 211

hierarchy, 194–195

identification, 19

identity, 55, 101, 108

improbability, 5, 8, 91–93, 100, 115, 126, 129

inclusion and exclusion. See also address of communication., 187, 190–191, 202

indifference. See also difference; distinction., 29, 111, 172

individual, 3, 48, 56, 62, 79, 142, 147–148, 151, 173, 199–202

information. See also difference., 24, 41–42, 45–46, 209

innovation, 167

intentions, 74–76

interaction, 9, 159–161, 166–173

interobjectivity. See also constructivism., 80–82, 86

intersubjectivity, 60, 67–73, 84

intimacy, 142

knowledge, 29, 206

language, 8, 37, 83, 87, 91–119, 200

looking-glass self, 71

love. See also symbolically generalized media., 123, 141–142

mass media. See dissemination media

meaning, 18–19, 47–48, 55, 79, 106, 109–111, 115, 131

media. See also language; dissemination media; symbolically generalized media., 93–96, 200

medium and form, 94, 115, 130–131

membership, 170–171, 173, 200, 202

memory. See also culture., 18, 28–32, 55, 167

method. See qualitative methods; quantitative methods; functional method

methodology, 206–207, 212