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What Do Sociologist Mean' When sociologist speak about the “social construction of reality”, they mean/ are describing the process by which people creatively shape reality through social interaction. Quite a bit of reality remains unclear in everybody’s mind, esp. in unfamiliar situations. So we present ourselves in term that fit the setting and our purposes, and, as others do the same, reality emerges. This process is important to/ for humans because we feel the need to be accepted by society. Interaction is tied to our ability to create and maintain definitions of self and others… these definitions are created by society and supported by communication. Most sociologists suggest that the relationship between self, comm., & society is a complex, circular one. W.I. Thomas’ statement: If men define a situation as real, it is real in its consequences relates to the social construction of reality. How' Social structures tell us who to be and how to communicate/ act, but these structures depend on comm for their maintenance. Through comm. We can act on & change the very structures that create us. For example, a message sent social, reality, people, structures, society, same, meanings, mean, interaction, different, comm, tv, through, take, self, real, process, person, one, might, message, learned, example, definitions, create, construction, community, arise, act, yelling, world, wi, w/in, w/, very, unfamiliar