Buffalo Wild Wings: The Symbolic Interaction Theory

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People are becoming addicted to technology. As it advances, technology is slowly taking over the world. In my generation, everyone has a phone. Everyone is glued to it and never without it. I have decided that I was not going to be on my phone while I was at a dinner with my friend. I wanted to go to a place where I feel like I can really observe a lot of different people and things, so we went to Buffalo Wild Wings. I did not tell my friend about my assignment because I wanted her to place a role in the observations as well.
The main theory I was focusing on was the symbolic interaction theory. According to Ballantine, Korgen, and Roberts, page 31, they state that “symbolic interaction theory sees humans as active agents who create shared

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