Hi Bloggers, today i'm blogging about a topic, that not many people are fond of, Symbolic Interactionism. It is a theory developed by G.H. Mead, it emphasizes motives and meanings for individuals. It focuses on the importance of symbols for people, particularly language, as the core elements of all human interaction. Basically, symbolic interactionism is concerned with the principles of face to face interaction. Mead, was more intersted in psychology over sociology, and this theory kind of reflects this, because symbolic interactionism deals a lot with socialisation. That being human is not just about being born, but becoming a social being (interactions the child has, with people around him/her, and the child's environment).



This theory, however, does correlate back to sociology. Mead says that self-conscious beings learn to understand that id they want to take parts in social interactions, they have to recognise that they have a role to play, and how they play this role will effect others. Which is sociology, the sudy of relationships, whether nice or bad.