Week 11-1. Symbolic interactionism

1. Summary

Symbolic interaction is a sociological theory that implies people's use of certain dialects to develop from practical considerations and produce images and normal meanings for connection and communication with others. The analytical process that occurs between interactions helps to generate and regenerate meaning. Influencing the interaction between individuals is a common understanding and interpretation of meaning. Individuals act on the premise of a common understanding of meaning within the social context. Thus, interaction and behavior are organized through the common meaning that objects and concepts are attached to them. The symbolic interaction was designed by George Herbert Mead and Charles Horton Cooley. Most of the symbolic interaction theorists believe that physical reality actually exists by individual social justice and that social justice develops in relation to "real" something. Therefore, people do not respond directly to reality, but to social understanding of reality. This means that humans exist in a "world" composed solely of "objects," not physical spaces composed of reality. Symbolic interactionist identity is classified into three categories: personal and social. Location identity is the ability to see yourself like everyone else. This is a snapshot view in that it is often only short but can be very influential. In this experience, we want to differentiate ourselves from others and have a personal identity. This view of symbolic interaction can be applied to the use of social networking sites and how their identity is presented. Social networking sites allow you to boast or post your identity through news feeds.

2. Interesting

It was interesting that symbolic interactionists were often criticized for being overly impressive in their methods of study and somewhat unsystematic in theory. They argue that the theory is not one theory, but a framework of several different theories. Also, some theorists have problems with the theory of symbolic interaction because they lack testability. Much of this criticism is said to have occurred in the United States in the 1970s, when quantitative approaches to sociology were dominant.


3. Discuss

What are the examples of symbolic interactions through the new media?

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