symbolic interactionism

Symbolic interactionism is a very important concept introduced in the book. It focuses on the idea that people are subjects to their environment, and thus we operate off our environment. It states that carry actions toward things that hold meaning for us, which again, the meaning is derived from our environmental and social meaning associated with the action or object. The final premise for the symbolic interactionism deals with the interpretation of the information process. It states that all the interactions are processed by the person, and knowledge is gained from every dealing the he or she undertakes. One issue with the theory is the heavy focus on qualitative data, as its base. Qualitative data is often subjective, such as respondent ratings, etc., and thus confounds may exist in the results.