##bolic Reaction Theory : Symbolic Interactionism Theory

The chapter “Selling Bottled Water”, by Peter Gleick, works within the argument of Cynthia Barnett’s “Business in a Bottle”, which illustrates the superficial and deceptive image of bottled water, due to false advertising and pseudoscientific claims by greedy bottling companies. The companies take advantage of a free resource and make millions in profit. Although utilizing different styles, Gleick and Barnett’s grounds intertwine, exposing bottling companies’ manipulative tricks while opening the population’s eyes to the lie that bottled water is cleaner, healthier, and safer than tap water. Barnett focuses on specific bottling companies’ data and incorporates statistics for support, while Gleick separates his argument into various segments and provides a brief historical lesson on false advertising; these techniques expose the psychological effect of false advertising in the population and neatly organize the information proving false advertising exists.

Maybe because it's more convenient, and you can carry it around with you. It also can be because it's safer in some cases, or its is just that people prefer it better than tap. Most people prefer bottled over tap because it is more convenient. When someone is going out for a run they usually take a water bottle for easy use and are they are able to carry it around while they are exercising. Most kids

I have always found it sort of curious when I see people buying bottled water. My grandfather told me that when he was a boy they drank water from the hose and it was free. I know growing up our household certainly didn’t bother with things like that, so facet water is what we got as well. The costs of groceries these days is expensive, spending extra money on water always seemed like such a waste to me. Now, that being said, some people live in areas where the water isn’t very clean, and buying bottled water is much safer than drinking the city’s water. Also, bottled water has become more popular because it is paired as a service; Bottled water is easy to grab on the go. It takes more time to find a water bottle, with a lid, and fill it up than to grab an already bottled water.

Drinking water from a plastic bottle gained an enormous amount of popularity for two specific reasons. Firstly, the marketers of bottle water had convinced the general public that it was much cleaner, clearer, tastier and healthier than regular tap water was. Secondly, the water bottles were undoubtedly

Many use water bottles as an easy resource for on the go occasions. But they have never really understood the behind the scenes to all the companies involved. Water bottle companies have a very severe impact on people, environments in societies and on how they handle their way of gathering their resources.

According to International Bottled Water Association they say that people use water bottles for lot’s of their on reasons and creativity. Also for school if the water fountains were not working then water bottles would be needed.Or when there is a natural disaster and water bottles are the only chooses but there are none what would schools do then.

Speaker Credibility: I was one of the people that used water bottles because it made it easier for me to have water throughout the day. However, after researching and having a first hand experience with seeing animals that died due to plastic water bottles. I chose to make less of an impact on our environment.

INTRODUCTION Goal setting and implementing is an important component of the planned change process. Developing and properly executing goals helps clients to overcome bad situations and habits. It also provides clients with empowerment and increased confidence. In order to guide a client to formulate and accomplish goals, social workers need to understand the specificities of goal setting and implementing.

Bottled water is a very important part of everyday life for American citizens.Billions of bottled water is consumed every year.There are many mixed feelings about bottled water.Some people believe bottled water should be banned while others feel it's important to everyday life.There are many pros and cons to selling plastic bottled water and each of the following articles show different perspectives on whether bottled water should or shouldn’t be sold in our society.

The symbolic interactionist and conflict sociological approaches provide a deeper understanding of the social problems that exist in my former high school. The symbolic interactionist theory emphasizes the meanings people associate with their social encounters and environment (Tepperman, 2015). This

Have you ever had any concerns about bottled water? Do you think that bottled water consumption should be banned? Bottled water is water packed in plastic containers and sold for human consumption (Health Canada, 2013). Currently, the amount of bottled water consumed has increased considerably since many people feel it is safer drinking bottled water than tap water (Parent and Wrong, 2014). According to The Statistics Portal, the global sale of bottled water took a leap from 161, 589 to 181, 608 liters from 2009 to 2011. Only in the United States, each American citizen consumed around 32 gallons of bottled water in 2013, thus meaning an equivalent growth of 15, 94% over 2009 (The Statistics Portal, 2014). In fact, due to good portability, bottled water has been helpful in both simple and complex situations such as daily exercises and natural disasters. Even though having those few considerable advantages, bottled water still have been less beneficial; especially due to the negative impacts in the socio-economic, health and environmental fields.

Another way bottled water is the way to go is because it helps aid in healthy choices. In the article, “Grab the Bottle”, it states that “bottled water has helped consumers choose to drink more water because it presents it in a convenient way (Giroux). In many cases, consumers buy more objects that appeal to the eyes. Bottled water comes in different sizes and shapes. What is trending in society, the public wants automatically. In the article, “Comment-Soft Drinks and Water- The Future of Bottled Water”, he told that “attractive packages alone can make us feel that what we are drinking is beneficial” (Rowlands). Trendy shapes, sizes, and colors are what the public is drawn to. If a consumer sees a unique water bottle in the store, he or she will buy that because it’s trendy and popular in society.

their socialization and upbringing, and base their reactions to others and society off of those meanings. Personally, I think that this theory has the most impact in our society (The USA) because we tend to base our ways of thinking on what we learn, experience, and are raised upon. This could be a disadvantage or advantage depending on how you virtually view things. You could be raised from a broken home and have more appreciation for certain things because of your experiences as a child. Or you could take everything for granted and completely have no care for others because you were spoiled your whole life. These are stereotypical examples of course but these are ways to show how symbolic interactionism is used.

I think that having water bottle at school it a waste of money for example we have bubblers so theirs know the point of buying water bottle especially if most bottled water is just tap water also bottle water is tested less the tap water for contaminates i feel like that kinda strange that bottle water is tested less the tap i feel it should be the other way around .my final example is that i know that people like bottled water because of the refreshing taste and it has zero calories also additives but i think it is important to realize that you are getting fooled because most times it just tap water in a bottled water bottle.

As a society, whether we want to believe it or not we engage with one another for a specific purpose or for a response. Today’s society is not perfect, but it plays a part in how we individually behave to certain things. Symbolic interaction theory analyzes the meaning that manifest from interactions with other animate or inanimate things. It also makes one wonder why and how we assign meanings to words and symbols. To sum it up, this theory is about why individuals are influenced to behave a certain way because of the meanings they give to other people, objects, or events. Throughout this paper I will discuss the development of symbolic interaction theory, and how theorists have applied it to communicate with strangers and within personal relationships. Furthermore, symbolic interactionism helps us interpret the world and situations that might have a meaning that may or may not trigger an emotion or response.