JUST*3010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Erving Goffman, Silent Treatment, Impression Management
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Internal: related to a person"s general personality: external: related to other person"s circumstances. Sometimes these two different face needs can clash when loved ones make excessive demands on family members or when there isn"t enough balance between these competing needs. Face cont"d: more than just an image of self, i. e. actively work to get others to accept person we think we are = facework impression management. What one does during interaction with others who may support, alter, or challenge one"s face. As one interacts with others, s/he looks for confirmation of the face s/he presents. Face management: 4 factors in face management that are interconnected: The life script: questions who am i : as change occurs in one of these factors, it also occurs in the others, 3 kinds of face management: Accepting what the other says at face value. Accepting the other"s right to change his/her mind.
