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Symbolic Interactionism

 

I. Method: Smallest unit of observation, the Event

• Actor Behavior Object

• Dynamics in events: Balance theory (POX)

• Event structure: Causalities in the sequence of events

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Micro and Macro Determination of an Event

 

Macro

Abstract

		Structural Properties influencing the Event
	Event: Actor Behavior Object
Impressions or Sentiments of the Actor Behavior Object.  Measurements of affective Meanings

Concrete

Micro

 

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II. The three Premises of Symbolic Interactionism

#1.       People act on the basis of their meaning.

            Meaning is symbolic: In interaction we use language and facial or bodily expressions as symbols to express meaning.

#2.      Meaning arises from social interaction.

#3.      Meanings are modified through interpretation by the person.

 

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III. Perspectives: Processual versus structural SI

  

Mead

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Blumer Garfinkel Goffman - Turner Heise McKinnon Stryker - McCall&Simmons Kuhn

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Processual SI                         •                       Structural SI

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Chicago: Mead, Blumer =>Turner            •      Iowa: Kuhn => McCall & Simmons