Symbolic Interactionism: perspective and method

Symbolic Interactionism: perspective and method Herbert Blumer
Publisher: University of California Press

Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,: Prentice-Hall. Symbolic interactionism (SI) was outlined by sociologist Herbert Blumer in 1969, Blumer set out three basic premises of the perspective: 1. Symbolic interactionism; perspective and method. €Offshoring” service jobs: Bane or boon and what to do? Symbolic interactionism (Blumer, 1969: 2) can be used to explore how individuals act and evaluate meanings, how meaning is generated through social interaction and how meaning is interpreted according to encounters. In Chapter 2, Newman introduces three perspectives on social order: the structural-functionist perspective, the conflict perspective, and the perspective which I found to be most enlightening, symbolic interactionism (Newman, 46). It is my goal in this to build a bridge between symbolic interaction and computational representation of social characters. In 1968, Andy Warhol predicted that “In the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. (1969) Symbolic Interaction: Perspective and Method. "Humans act toward As an example in this context, the exchange documented in Appendix I (p9) can be used to examine meaning found in participating in M+N; participant observation is a useful tool for gathering information when using SI making this an ideal method for online community analysis. Title, Symbolic Interactionism: Perspective and Method. Brookings Policy Brief(132), 3.