Symbolic interactionism, also known as symbolic interactionism, is a theory of sociology and social psychology, which advocates studying the life of human groups from the daily natural environment of individuals who interact with people. It was founded by American sociologist G.H.Mead and formally put forward by his student brummer in 1937.

"Symbol" refers to something that is symbolic to some extent. The theory of symbolic interaction holds that the influence of things on individual social behavior often lies not in the secular content and function of things themselves, but in the symbolic meaning of things themselves relative to individuals.

The symbolic meaning of things comes from the interaction between individuals and others (including language, culture, system, etc.). ) When dealing with things, an individual always uses and modifies the meaning of things to him through his own interpretation.

The basic viewpoint of symbolic interaction theory is:

1, the thing itself has no objective significance, it is given by people in the process of social communication.

2. In the process of social communication, people respond to things according to their own understanding of the meaning of things.

People's understanding of the meaning of things can change with the process of social communication, and it is not absolutely constant.