Symbolic Interactionism
George Herbert Mead
Interpersonal Communication—Interpersonal Messages
Coordinated Management of Meaning
Theory Overview (7th Edition)
Abstracts appear in Appendix A of the text
Humans act toward people, things, and events on the basis of the meanings they assign to them. Once people define a situation as real, it has very real consequences. Without language there would be no thought, no sense of self, and no socializing presence of society within the individual. (Socio-cultural tradition)