Symbolic interaction theory analyzes society by addressing how people interpret and act based on the meanings imposed on objects, events, and behaviors through symbols. It views society as socially constructed through human interpretation and interaction. Key founders like George Herbert Mead and Charles Horton Cooley influenced the theory by emphasizing how people develop a sense of self through imagining how they appear to others and interacting through symbols.

2.  SYMBOLIC INTERACTION THEORY EXPLAIN
THE SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISM,
 There are Non symbolic and symbolic
interactions.
 Symbolic interactionism is how people
interact with each other via symbols.

3.  George Herbert Mead’s influence on
symbolic interactionism was said to be so
powerful that other sociologists regard him
as the one “true founder” of the theory.
 But charles horton cooley also contribute
for this theory.

4.  Symbolic interaction theory analyzes society by addressing
the subjective meanings that people impose on objects,
events, and behaviors.
 Society is thought to be socially constructed through
human interpretation.
 Individuals act according to their understanding of the
meaning of their own world.

5.  Other important aspect of the theory is what
we thinking in our inner dialog, that is
Minding.
 We experience empathy.
 Also we imagine, How we look to other
people?, Who do others think we are?

6.  “I” and “me” are the two thinking ways.

7.  “Symbols” are the basis of social life
 Individuals and societies develop through
People’s interaction through symbols
 Individuals develop a sense of themselves as they
learn to use symbols
 Individuals develop a sense of themselves as they
learn to see themselves the way they believe
others see them.
Source - Mead, G. (2009).