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Herbert Blumer, 1969.
Explanation:
George Herbert Mead and Charles Hortan Cooley originated this theory as key people later inspired by them Herbert Blumer coined the term and put the theory forward to the world. It has to be noted that Blumer was greatly influenced by John Dewey (the leader of sociological theory). The basic idea this theory put forward is that people behave based on the meaning they have given to them.
http://communicationtheory.org/symbolic-interactionism-theory/
The label symbolic interactionism was coined by Herbert Blumer (1969), one of Mead's students. Blumer, who did much to shape this perspective, specified its three basic premises:
(1) Humans act toward things on the basis of the meanings that things have for them;
(2) the meanings of things derive from social interaction; and
(3) these meanings are dependent on, and modified by, an interpretive process of the people who interact with one another.
http://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/sociology-and-social-reform/sociology-general-terms-and-concepts/symbolic
