This reader shows the rich history and wide contemporary application of symbolic interaction theory.

According to Carl J. Couch, the history of human society is one of successive, sometimes overlapping, information technologies used to process the various symbolic representations that inform social contexts. Unlike earlier “media” theorists who ignored social context in order to concentrate on the information technologies themselves, Couch implements a consistent theory of interpersonal and intergroup relations to describe the essential interface between information technologies and the s...

Im Spätsommer 1956 kommt es in London zu einem ungewöhnlichen Treffen, um das sich bis heute viele Geheimnisse ranken: Marilyn Monroe, damals der größte Star Hollywoods, sucht die Psychoanalytikerin Anna Freud in deren Haus in Hampstead auf. Sieben Tage lang begegnen sich zwei Frauen, die auf völlig unterschiedlichen Bühnen agieren und doch von ähnlichen Fragen getrieben sind: Identität, Begehren, Selbstbild und innerer Zerrissenheit. Diese Begegnung ist zwar dokumentiert, doch was genau z...

While many health care organizations need to improve health care quality and lower costs, most lack specific strategies and tactics for implementing these changes. Baylor Scott & White Health has established and continues to develop an accountable care organization (ACO) called the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance (BSWQA) to improve the quality of care and decrease health care costs through clinical integration.Accountable: The Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance Acc...