Erving Goffman The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life The Main Argument‚ and the Starting Assumption As in Berger & Luckmann’s Social Construction of Reality‚ this work is an attempt at analyzing our daily life world from the perspective that all of our actions we perform - and the interpretations and meanings we give to these actions - are fundamentally social in nature. In carrying out this analysis‚ therefore‚ the perspective Goffman adopts is that of the analogy of the everyday life
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623–656‚ July‚ October‚ 1948. A Mathematical Theory of Communication By C. E. SHANNON T I NTRODUCTION HE recent development of various methods of modulation such as PCM and PPM which exchange bandwidth for signal-to-noise ratio has intensified the interest in a general theory of communication. A basis for such a theory is contained in the important papers of Nyquist 1 and Hartley2 on this subject. In the present paper we will extend the theory to include a number of new factors‚ in particular
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The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life By: Erving Goffman What Goffman writes about is how an individual reacts when they come into the presence of others. He tries to come up with a type of human model that represents how individuals try to perceive others with knowledge that was previously obtained. According to Goffman‚ information about the individual helps to setup the situation‚ which in turn helps others to predict what the individual might expect of them or vice versa. If analyzed
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Personally‚ I do not believe that my life is a performance and everyone around me as the audience. However‚ it is what Goffman wants me to think since he refers to his attitude as dramaturgical perspective (Goffman‚ 1999). Furthermore‚ the book was published in 1959 before the social revolution in the 1960s exploded the anticipation of formality it documents‚ the assumptions concerning proper behaviour‚ making a good impression‚ and social distinction. The difference remains‚ of course‚ but individuals
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Introduction Mass society theory is an idea that media has strong influence towards people‚ it plays a role of shaping people’s mind and perception of the social world and it is also to manipulate people’s action with delicate‚ subtle and effective ways (Baran and Davis 2006‚ p.43). Mass society theory has first introduced in the nineteenth century when there are disruptive consequences caused by modernization (Baran and Davis 2006‚ p.52). At that time‚ mass media considered as a cause of
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INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION APPROACH The view of development as a replica of the systems of the change agents The change agents defined development as a replica of their own systems. For example‚ during the cold war‚ the USA was defining development as the replica of its own political-economic system and opening the way for the transnational corporations. At the same time‚ the developing countries saw the ‘welfare state’ of the North Atlantic Nations as the ultimate goal of development. These nations
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In his seminal work Stigma‚ Goffman (1963) analyzes the identity of individuals‚ or rather‚ the behaviour thereof‚ in order to distinguish between what he calls the “virtual” and “actual” social identity. Virtual social identity refers to the version of selfhood that individuals are expected to present in public‚ one legitimized by its social acceptance. The latter on the other hand‚ refers to the self identity individuals imagine themselves to posses in private. To illustrate the difference between
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Goffman: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Goffman dissects the meaning and practice of direct interaction‚ using “dramaturgical” tools and claims that “The entire world is a stage‚ and we but merely players". Introduction Goffman lays out the basic elements of the argument. In micro-interactions‚ every person sends two signals: those they "give" and those they "give off" "The expressiveness of the individual appears to involve two radically different kinds of sign activity: the
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(In)balance of power‚ exploitation‚ crime‚ murder‚ probation and prison are only some of the issues Alice Goffman writes about in her book‚ On the Run. Her 6-year research examines the lives of young black men; Mike‚ Chuck‚ Reggie‚ Alex and Tim‚ amongst others‚ growing up in West Philadelphia on what she refers to as 6th Street and their daily interactions and coping mechanisms when confronted with these issues. She describes the trials and tribulations the main characters of her book are faced
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On the Run an ethnographic study by Alice Goffman offers an authentic and appalling view on the lives of black individuals who lives within the streets of Philadelphia‚ specifically young men. These young men struggles to hold on to their dignity and sanity by constantly being on the run from law enforcements due to their illegal acts in order to acquire a livelihood. Goffman spent six years with the 6th street boys gaining her own personal insights‚ experiences‚ and challenges of this issues. The
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