Blumer's Four Stages

A man called Herbert Blumer named and developed the topic of 'symbolic interactionism.' He developed a theory as to what type of audience attend the cinema and what levels of interaction are amongst them. He believed there are four different stages to audience.

1. He believed that every variation of person attends the cinema. This means that a lawyer, child and old man could go to watch the same film. How ever this theory is wrong because different films have specific target audiences.
2.  The audience is anonymous. This means that everyone who attends the cinema goes by themselves purely to watch then film and there is no collaboration between anybody. There is also a fault in this theory as most people want to go to the cinema with a friend.
3. There is little communication between audience. People go to the cinema with a peer but don't talk or interact during.
4. The chances of interaction are by coincidence. For example someone may bump into their friend at the cinema resulting in communication.