Herbert George Blumer's Symbolic Interaction
Symbolic Interaction studies society through interactions within individual and small groups. It’s also represented through shared symbols, gestures, and nonverbal communications. But, how do these meanings influence people to interact the way they do around other people? It’s all based on “words”. Words are the biggest symbols our society uses, and is the foundation of learning and communicating. People act the way they do around their peers because they understand each other, but once they don’t it's hard to respond to one's actions. “Symbolic interactionists are interested in how social networking platforms serve as a mirror, giving users the chance to be noticed by others and receive feedback (often immediate).”(Seeing Sociology). Ways
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“Herbert George Blumer earned his doctorate in 1928 at the University of Chicago and went on to teach there until 1951. He later became the founding chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1983 the American Sociological Association honored him with its Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, acknowledging the importance of his codification of the fundamental theoretical and methodological tenets of the sociological perspective that he called symbolic interactionism.”(Encyclopedia.com). His perspective expressed subjects such as social movements, fashion, morale, social psychology, and race …show more content…
Whether the symbol is positive or negative, it still distinguishes a person's character or personality. The goals of our interactions with one another is based on meaning. Since we react to other cultures and traditions based on the meaning that they have for us. Though, there are outdated elements of symbolic interaction. Elements such as the symbol, the self, and the interaction. Out of the three, the self is most outdated because nowadays some people don’t act like themselves and don't let others see the real person he/she is. The other two elements symbol and interaction aren’t outdated since basically everything is a symbol and has meaning; and our social structure are worked through social interactions with
“Herbert George Blumer earned his doctorate in 1928 at the University of Chicago and went on to teach there until 1951. He later became the founding chair of the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. In 1983 the American Sociological Association honored him with its Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, acknowledging the importance of his codification of the fundamental theoretical and methodological tenets of the sociological perspective that he called symbolic interactionism.”(Encyclopedia.com). His perspective expressed subjects such as social movements, fashion, morale, social psychology, and race …show more content…
Whether the symbol is positive or negative, it still distinguishes a person's character or personality. The goals of our interactions with one another is based on meaning. Since we react to other cultures and traditions based on the meaning that they have for us. Though, there are outdated elements of symbolic interaction. Elements such as the symbol, the self, and the interaction. Out of the three, the self is most outdated because nowadays some people don’t act like themselves and don't let others see the real person he/she is. The other two elements symbol and interaction aren’t outdated since basically everything is a symbol and has meaning; and our social structure are worked through social interactions with