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Symbolic interactionism - Definition and Overview

Symbolic interactionism is a sociological perspective which examines how individuals and groups interact, focusing on the creation of personal identity through interaction with others. Of particular interest is the relationship between individual action and group pressures.

This perspective examines the idea that subjective meanings are socially constructed, and that these subjective meanings interrelate with objective actions.

Noted symbolic interactionists are Herbert Blumer and Erving Goffman. George Herbert Mead is seen as a predecessor to symbolic interactionism.

See also: Dramaturgy, Social Psychology, interactionism may be used to refer to social constructionism, Important publications in Symbolic interactionism

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Example Usage of interactionism

mdineshk: "People act toward things based on the meaning those things have for them" - Symbolic interactionism http://bit.ly/7xih8u #sociology
leann2nb: Symbolic interactionism: perspective and method - Google Books Result http://tinyurl.com/yhul7s4
emcee_T: Chillen at Drop-In reading up on Symbolic interactionism. Hope to make it to the Queer Sol meeting by 8:00pm. Can't wait to hug @blkademic.
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