Symbolic Interactionism and Socialisation
socialisation is an active process of social interaction
Social Action Theory (Interpretivism and Interactionism)
symbolic interactionism
Social Action Theory (Interpretivism and Interactionism)
Herbert Blumer’s Symbolic Interactionism
Meaning emerges from interaction and society only seems stable!
Social Action Theory (Interpretivism and Interactionism)
Symbolic Interactionism
Self identity is an active process through which ‘I’ reflect on how i think others see me and adapt my social self accordingly.
Media, Sex and gender
Media Representations of women
The media have historically under-represented women, something Tuchman referred to as ‘symbolic annihilation’; women have also been misrepresented through stereotyping and subject to the ‘male gaze’. However, in recent years representations of women are more common and more postive.
Social Action Theory (Interpretivism and Interactionism), Social Theories
Social Action Theories for Second Year A Level Sociology – A Summary
We can divide sociological theories into two broad types: structural and action theories. Functionalism, Marxism and Feminism are all structural