Editing Symbolic interactionism (section)

===Other theorists===

While having less influential work in the discipline, [[Charles Cooley|Charles Horton Cooley]] and [[W. I. Thomas|William Isaac Thomas]] are considered to be influential representatives of the theory. Cooley's work on connecting society and the individuals influenced Mead's further workings. Cooley felt society and the individuals could only be understood in relationship to each other. Cooley's concept of the "[[looking-glass self]]," influenced Mead's theory of self and symbolic interactionism.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://socsci.colorado.edu/SOC/SI/si-cooley-bio.htm|title=Major Theorists of Symbolic Interactionism: Charles Horton Cooley|website=University of Colorado|access-date=January 18, 2005|archive-date=January 2, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050102111855/http://socsci.colorado.edu/SOC/SI/si-cooley-bio.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>  W. I. Thomas is also known as a representative of symbolic interactionism. His main work was a theory of human motivation addressing interactions between individuals and the "social sources of behaviors."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bjkTxML-wpEC&q=william+isaac+thomas+symbolic+interactionism&pg=PA3|title=Symbolic interactionism: genesis, varieties and criticism|last=Meltzer, B.N.; Petras, J.W.; and Reynolds, L.T.|publisher=Routledge & Kegan Paul|year=1975|isbn=9780759100923|location=London}}</ref> He attempted to "explain the proper methodological approach to social life; develop a theory of human motivation; spell out a working conception of adult socialization; and provide the correct perspective on deviance and disorganization."<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bjkTxML-wpEC&q=william+isaac+thomas+symbolic+interactionism&pg=PA3|title=Interactionism: exposition and critique|last=Reynolds|first=Larry T.|publisher=General Hall|year=1993|isbn=9780759100923|location=Dix Hills, NY}}</ref> A majority of scholars agree with Thomas.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bjkTxML-wpEC&q=william+isaac+thomas+symbolic+interactionism&pg=PA3|title=Handbook of symbolic interactionism|last=Reynolds, L.; Herman-Kinney, N.|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|year=2003|isbn=9780759100923|location=Walnut Creek, CA|pages=65–67}}</ref>

Two other theorists who have influenced symbolic interaction theory are [[Yrjö Engeström]] and David Middleton. Engeström and Middleton explained the usefulness of symbolic interactionism in the communication field in a variety of work settings, including "courts of law, health care, computer software design, scientific laboratory, telephone sales, control, repair, and maintenance of advanced manufacturing systems".<ref>{{Cite book|title=Cognition and communication at work|last1=Middleton|first1=David|last2=Engeström|first2=Yrjö|date=1998|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0521645669|edition= Paperback|location=Cambridge|oclc=41578004}}</ref> Other scholars credited for their contribution to the theory are Thomas, Park, James, Horton Cooley, [[Florian Znaniecki|Znaniecki]], Baldwin, Redfield, and Wirth.<ref name=":4" /> Unlike other social sciences, symbolic interactionism emphasizes greatly on the ideas of action instead of culture, class and power. According to [[behaviorism]], [[Darwinism]], [[pragmatism]], as well as [[Max Weber]], [[Action theory (philosophy)|action theory]] contributed significantly to the formation of social interactionism as a theoretical perspective in [[communication studies]].<ref name=":0" />