SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Social Stigma, Erving Goffman, Impression Management
19 Dec 2020
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Presentation of self in everyday life will portray them in a very favourable way. The self as the product of interaction between the social actor and the audience. The social actor engages in impression management and gives a performance that. The audience has to interpret the performance, and the audience may not accept. The first reason a performance is successful is that a social actor takes measures the self that is being presented. Successful presentation of the self to help ensure a smooth performance. The social actor will prepare in advance (to improve performance) the actor will select an acceptable audience, and the social actor tries to avoid making mistakes in the performance. The second reason is that the audience sometimes has a stake in a successful performance. The audience has a stake in the performance, and they want the. A stigma is a mark or sign of disgrace.
