SOCI 2060 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Impression Management, Erving Goffman
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In doing so, we engage in the role (cid:498)performance(cid:499) that communicate our intentions: he proposed that social life mirrors the theater. When interacting with others, we: having others think well of us means that they will respond to us positively defining and identities to the audience (ie others) in a given situation are much like actors on a stage. Staging the self in everyday life: us as worthwhile, appropriate and desirable social actors. Impression management, that is we try to talk and act in certain ways or to avoid talking and acting in certain ways, so that others will form desired impressions of us and our current situation. In presenting a personal front, we rely on three key types of expressive resources: the setting our appearance and our manner. The setting refers to the physical place or scene where interaction takes place and our performances unfold.
