Goffman’s account of modification of the “self” through performance

Berger and Luckmann's "realistic social construction" and Owen Goffman's "self expression in daily life" analyze the interpersonal interactions in the context of our actions and the influence of these behaviors in the social environment. In light of the hypothesis of Berger and Luckman, I will analyze Goffman's explanation on the modification of "self" by performance. The theater is based on how society and experience influence the use of frontier, expression and expression.

In order to understand what we share, we can see works by sociologist Owen Goffman "Self expression in daily life". Here, Gofman suggests that life is similar to performance. We are trying to find a good impression of the people looking at us like spectators. This self-expression theory can also be found on-line and can be proved in this field. We will do our best to share positive elements and avoid negative elements. Since our social platform makes it possible to clearly measure and over-analyze the feedback we receive, it is reasonable to give priority to sharing the content we like. Anger is one such example

In "self expression in everyday life", Gofman believes that we will always perform on the stage of daily life. By acting in social circumstances, we will try to manipulate the impression of others of our ability by omitting certain actions with this performance. Gofman's theory is very interesting. For he basically believes that 'true self' can not transcend all our masks. In other words, we have relationships with others, this constant adaptation of the people we interact with is our own concept. William James does not show the club members to children, to show the workers employed by our customers to our customers, or to show our close friends to our owners and employers.

But the meaning of Goffman's dramatic approach is that people always play a role. There is no living alone. Even in the background, performers may not be their "real self". Firstly, role performance is usually done as a member of the team: "If you want to keep the forecast given, you need to work closely" - Restaurant staff, law firm, husband and wife Team etc. As Goffman stated, this means team members are interdependent each other since team members reveal their shows and team members have the right to become familiar with each other because they are "informed" To do. People say "instead of maintaining their frontal position in front of each other. For that, in the background you also need to demonstrate loyalty to the team project and play the role of each" behind-the-scenes ".