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This is an essay for Sociology – contemporary theories. I emailed to my lecturer about how to write it, here are his suggestion:
Really what is meant by the phrase ‘sociologically coherent’ is whether Katz’s ideas work as a way of explaining the ways and extent to which emotions shape driving in L.A.

think the best way to answer the question is to approach it from ‘the other way round’. What I mean is this:

If you look at how emotional drivers get in L.A. it seems like they are behaving in a very strange and overly emotional way. It seems like they are being totally irrational, overly investing their emotions in small and seemingly insignificant actions and interactions with other drivers.

BUT if you examine the role these emotions play when thinking about driving from a symbolic interactionist perspective, then suddenly their emotional responses do not seem irrational, hysterical or as over reactions. Instead, the strength of their emotions tells us something about certain aspects of how social interaction is structured and shapes individuals, specifically when individuals feel that the norms of interaction have been ignored, breached and contravened.

Please have a look at the slides FIRST! And try to find more journals about the topic.
Please be very careful about the paper format. It’s Harvard.