The document discusses the symbolic interactionism theory, emphasizing its focus on linguistic and gestural communication in shaping social behavior and identities. It outlines the main principles of the theory, such as the importance of subjective meanings and the role of social interaction in developing these meanings. Prominent proponents of this theory, including George Herbert Mead and Erving Goffman, are also highlighted for their contributions to understanding human behavior and societal interactions.

1. SYMBOLICS INTERACTIONALISM
• Objectives
1. Discuss the meaning and identify different
perspectives about the symbolic interaction theory.
2.Apply the importance of symbolic interactionism in
examining socio-cultural, economic and political
condition

2. SYMBOLICS INTERACTIONALISM
This is the view of social behavior
that emphasizes linguistic or
gestural communication and its
subjective understanding,
especially the role of language in
the formation of the child as a
social being.

3. It is a sociological theory that develops
from practical considerations and
alludes to people's particular utilization
of dialect to make images and normal
implications for deduction and
correspondence with other.

5. REVIEW TIME
Instructions. Read and answer the following questions.
1. What is Marxism?
a. a religion c. a disease
b. a theory d. an idea

6. 2. What is the central conflict identified by
Marxism?
a. left vs. right c. white vs. black
b. rich vs. poor d. nation vs. other nations

7. 5. What is the basis of capitalism?
a. private ownership of the means
of production
b. a democratically elected leadership
c. high taxes
d. welfare program

8. Different perspectives about the symbolic
interaction theory.
•Symbolic interaction theory focuses
on the interpretation (social meaning)
that is given to behavior, and on the
way such interpretation helps to
construct the social world, the identities
of people, and, ultimately how they
behave.

9. symbolic interactionism, This
perspective relies on the symbolic
meaning that people develop and
build upon in the process of social
interaction.

10. Symbol refers to meanings. For
symbolic interactions, things
objects, ideas, beliefs, people,
values, states of being) do not
simply exist: they exist in the
meanings they have.

11. meanings are established in
communication; hence the
importance of interaction. Our word
exists in the meanings it has for us,
and our meanings come from our
interactions. People, like meanings,
exist in a social context.

12. Symbolic Interactionism
Analyzes society by addressing the subjective
meanings that people impose on objects,
events, and behaviors. Subjective meanings
are given primacy because it is believed that
people behave based on what they believe
and not just on what is objectively true.

13. Its main postulate is based that the
human beings have the capacity of
thought, which is molded by the social
interaction, which is learned of the
meanings and symbols that allow us to
act and interpret, modifying or altering
the meanings based on the interpretation
of the situation, to interact with itself and

14. Basic principles of symbolic interaction
1. Humans have capacity for thought.
2. Thought is shaped by social
interaction.
3. Through interaction, people learn
symbols and meanings that allow them
to think.
4. Meanings and symbols allow for
human action.

15. 5. People can interpret a situation
and modify their action or
interaction.
6. People can create own meanings.
7. Groups and societies are made up
of patterns of action and interaction.

16. Proponents of Symbolic Interactionism
• George Herbert Mead (1863-1931)

17. Mead’s book on Mind, Self, and Society
1. the mind as a process, a conversation
within itself. - People have the capacity to
control their responses to the environment.
2. Self involves the process where actors
reflect on themselves as objects. - Develops
from social forces and social experience.

18. 2 processes or phases that take place in any human interaction:
2.1 The I is described as the unorganized
response of the self to the attitudes of
others - the spontaneous disposition or
impulse to act.

19. 2 processes or phases that take place in any human interaction:
2.2 The me, in contrast, is a set of
organized attitudes of others that the
individual assumes in response - that is,
those perspectives on the self that the
individual has interpreted from others.

20. 3. Society cannot exist without minds and
self. - Humans have ability to manipulate
environment so multiple societies exist. The
‘I’ and ‘Me’ - I is source of creativity and
spontaneity. - Me is formed from the
perceptions others’ actions and views,
including own thoughts on oneself.

21. The The goals of human
interactions is to create a shared
meanings.
goals of human interactions is to
create a shared meanings.

22. Proponents of Symbolic Interactionism
• Charles Horton Cooley

23. • Charles Horton Cooley
I am not what I think I am and I am not what you think I am;
I am what I think you think I am.

24. Proponents of Symbolic Interactionism
• Herbert Blumer (1900-1987)

25. Herbert Blumer, symbolic interaction rests on three basic premises/ principles:
1. Human beings act toward
things on the basis on the
meanings the things have for
them.

26. 2. The meanings of such things are
derived from, or grow out of, social
interaction.

27. 3. These meanings are handled in and
modified through an interpretative
process used by the person in dealing
with the things he encounters.
Meaning making and understanding is
an ongoing interpretive process,
during which the initial meaning
might remain the same, evolve
slightly, or change radically.

28. Proponents of Symbolic Interactionism

29. He is considered a pioneer of micro-
sociology, or the close examination
of the social interactions that
compose everyday life.

30. Presentation of self (Goffman):
An identity that one presents to
others in an attempt to manage
their impression of him or her. We
act a certain way so others view us
in this certain way.

31. Dramaturgy (Goffman): Method of
analyzing social interactions in the
form of a play. We are the actors;
we present ourselves in a specific
way in the front stage and act as
we truly are in the back stage.

32. Stigma (Goffman): Describes a
mark of disgrace. Sometimes in
physical form, other times as poor
personality traits (weak or
dishonest).

33. Proponents of Symbolic Interactionism
• Arlie Russell Hochschild

34. •Arlie Russell Hochschild is one of
the most imaginative and productive
feminist sociologists of the last thirty
years.

35. Arlie Hochschild's work are her use
of gender as a category of analysis,
her focus on emotion as a
sociological topic of investigation,
and her concerns about the role of
women in society.

36. Her 1973 article, "A Review of Sex
Role Research," published in
the American Journal of Sociology,
helped to focus the attention of
sociologists on the study of
gender.

37. Activity2.
Describe the application of Symbolic Interactionism in your daily living through a creative writing focusing on the following: 5 points each
Filipino’s Culture;
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Social Classes;
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Political Aspect.
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