This sociological perspective was developed by George Herbert Mead and Charles Horton Cooley (Henslin 24). This perspective is based on the symbolic meaning that people attribute to social interaction. Symbols are essential to our lives, they give meaning to our relationships with other people. Without them there would be no difference in our communication with family or with a complete stranger. The theory analyzes people's face-to-face interactions at the micro level. Symbolic interaction theory is related to the issues described in the article "Social Media Shadow". Symbols that we use in social life to identify ourselves, to help other people form an impression of us, to get to know us better, to help them establish connections with us. However, sometimes people get missed messages about others. As shown in the article, people tend to create gender stereotypes based on their perceptions. This is very important in the world of social media. Every day we receive subliminal messages [stimuli so weak that we don't consciously notice them] from TV commercials, shows, movies, video games that subtly moderate our perception of how things should be (Myers 219). Involuntarily, we begin to compare ourselves with others and wonder what people think of us: this concept is known as “mirror”.