<P> Sheldon Stryker, a social constructionist has had an incredible amount of influence on the field of Social Interactionism . Stryker emphasizes that the sociology world at large is the most viable and vibrant intellectual framework because of the concept of the wider community people live in is made possible because of communication, which fuels symbolic interactionism . Symbolic interactionism revitalizes society by illuminating our thoughts, actions and gestures as well . By being made up of our thoughts self - belief, the Social Interactionism Theory is the purpose of all human interaction, and is what causes society to exist . This fuels criticisms of the symbolic interactionist framework for failing to account for social structure, as well as criticisms that interactionist theories cannot be assessed via quantitative methods, and cannot be falsifiable or tested empirically . Framework is important for the symbolic interaction theory because for in order for the social structure to form, there are certain bonds of communication that need to be established to create the interaction The published literature indicates that structural and processual variations of interactionism are both alive and well in sociology, as is the Blumerian tradition of interactionism, and interactionism has been used more explicitly and more frequently in psychology and anthropology as well . Much of the symbolic interactionist framework's basic tenets can be found in a very wide range of sociological and psychological work, without being explicitly cited as interactionist, making the influence of symbolic interactionism difficult to recognize given this general acceptance of its assumptions as "common knowledge ." Many scholars do not know they are applying interactionist ideas in their own theoretical assumptions and formulations . </P> <P> The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) is an international professional organization for scholars, who are interested in the study of Symbolic Interaction . SSSI holds a conference in conjunction with the meeting of the American Sociological Association and the Society for the Study of Social Problems . This conference typically occurs in August and sponsors the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction holds the Couch - Stone Symposium each spring . The society provides travel scholarships for student members interested in attending the annual conference . At the annual conference, the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction sponsors yearly awards in different categories of symbolic interaction . Additionally, some of the awards are open to student members of the society . The Ellis - Bochner Autoethnography and Personal Narrative Research Award is given annually by the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction affiliate of the National Communication Association for the best article, essay, or book chapter in autoethnography and personal narrative research . The award is named after renowned autoethnographers Carolyn Ellis and Art Bochner . The society also sponsors a quarterly journal, Symbolic Interaction . The organization also releases a newsletter, SSSI Notes . </P>

Rom the symbolic interaction perspective which of the following is a symbol