Name: Niara Mazmanova Course: Sociology 101 Instructor: Hui M Huo Date: May 27, 2011 Symbolic Interaction

There are three theories as used in sociology to describe the fundamentals of the society. These include symbolic interaction, conflict theory and functionalism. This is something that they base on concrete interpretations of all the generalizations. These are the, major perspectives in psychology that are used to analyses specific events within the society. In this discussion, we will look at the symbolic interactions perspective which is a direction to sociologists (Blumer 231). It is a perspective that looks at the details and symbols that are entailed in their everyday life. It also analyses hat these symbols mean and how they are used in their interactions with each other. This is a perspective that allows people to attach meanings to some of the symbols that are applied in their life. They then act on account to the symbols that they identify in the long run. In verbal interactions, spoken words are the ones that serve as the symbol that is predominant on the whole conversations. For the sender of the information, the words have a particular meaning to him during sending. Most probably, the information should have the same meaning to the receiver as it is to the sender (Blumer 235). Communication could be considered as an interpretation of symbols among those who interpret the world in their own perspective. Under the same theory, there are different studies that could be used to back it up with reasons. This is a situation within which they would use the same

thing to analyses the structural arrangement within their environment. This is done so that they are allowed to analyses the time within which they live and the arrangement of this particular time. That way, they are in an enhanced situation to take care of all that they are facing (Bulmer 242). Within the same theory, conducting research is a step that is literally necessary. At this point, they are bound to find out what is affecting them and the reason that humans could be facing the situation. According to sociology, life should be studied as a branch of science. This means that everything that happens in life has a meaning, and this is where the symbolic interaction perspective comes in. This is the juncture within which humans find a meaning of the symbols indicating all that affects them mostly at the economic level. Looking at effects of recession on this perspective, one would realize that earthquakes were a symbol on the latter. It is something that people had interpreted and completely understood the whole perspective. This was something that was used to symbolize the great fall in the economy of America as a consequence of the depression. As the financial reverie is something that left people with doubts as they could see from a far what would happen to them. At such situations, they had analyzed the fact that there would be mortgage of employment to the common man. This was something that we could say was symbolized by the big falls in their markets. Looking at the whole thing, one would realize that, at the angle, that the economy was taking, employment was overtime thought. They also knew that life would be harder regarding the fact that there would not be anything in their markets due to the recession. The more vulnerable employees are females, and they are the ones who felt the effects of recession before the males did. This means that they were the main point of interaction as they voiced their fears.

The decline of their economy is something that could be analyzed by the fact that their businesses were failing at large rates (Brezina 146). It is something that had been said before that America was bound to face recession in the coming years. As the studies were conducted, it became a reality in the fact that life became unbearable. This is because; the epitome of any country is their economy. Without their economy, they are a doomed lot. The tight budgets that companies had to work on could be considered as some of the ways to analyses and understand their world for the better. This is according to the symbolic interaction perspective which states that they people look at the symbols that affect them in their daily lives and use them to their advantage. This means that they would have understood their environment first. As one of their strategies, most companies used advertisements as their calling cards. They put it in print and in electronic media as a way of cumbering the recession that they were due to face or rather were facing. This is the point that economists were contracted so that they would give their views of the situation and how they thought it could be done (Dulaney, Lanchaster 264). As a symbol of some of the effects of recession on their economy, most lending companies are in debt and for the first time they admitted that they owed money. This is interactive in the fact that even lenders send the same message as that that others send. This is symbolic on the fact that they are the ones who lend and now they are the ones who have incurred debts that they cannot pay (Brezina 157). This is because, most of the credit that they offered went into housing, cars, fuel and other costs that are necessary to Americans. This was a message that was sent throughout all of amerce ad the situation was the point that made them all understand. This was inclusive of the sender and the receiver. Those that conducted the research were the senders and the receivers were the normal citizens (Dulaney, Lancaster 270). They all got the same information because; they all

saw the effects of recession in their country. The most painful part could be said that jobs wee naturally outsourced in some other countries while, in America, they were jobless for most of the population. This was something that was analyzed by specialists, and according to them, the credit crisis was the cause of the situation. This comes in a matter that all the same, America remained in debt even after they had avoided that by the issuing of mortgages. This was a period within which on the social side, people of America saw a decline in spending because there was not much to spend. This was also characterized on the fact that there also was not much to spend their money on (Brezina 163). The situation left many Americans in debt and the countrys main agencies were also left in debt. As a matter of fact, this was something that had been analyzed, but at some point ignored. Necessary commodities like food were scarce, and as the situation had been analyzed, one could say that they underestimated it. On the symbolic perspective, there were many symbols indicating that America was facing a crisis. This was accompanied by many characteristics as one could say that they were all communicated around the country. One of the ways of the communication was though economists and the other was the raging effects of the recession. It is something that had been analyzed regarding the fact that research had been conducted on the same issue. The only problem is that it was underestimated thus adverse effects on the lives of Americans.

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