Influence Of Self Presentation On The Perception Of The Personality Of A Person

Boyd, Danah. “Impression Management in a Networked Setting” Reading pop culture, 2nd Ed Edited by Jeff Osbourne. Bedford / St. Martins, 2016, PP, 122-127

Learning about dramaturgy and the idea of maintaining self is very important to social interactions. Erving Goffman’s theoretical concepts that make up dramaturgy can be seen in many social settings especial at Starbucks. By using the different tools that make up impression management I can see how we are very much like actors in a play that are trying to maintain a believable performance.

Submit this graded exercise about the same time as Written Assignment 8. Note that it will require more time and effort than the written assignment, and therefore counts for a larger part of your grade.

Many people may notice that they tend to act differently around different people. In one case, one may act outlandish and carefree when he is with his friends, but on the other hand, he might act in a more reserved and quiet manner when around people he is less acquainted with. This behavior could lead to people wondering whether or not this person is being genuine with them or not. Moreover, these actions are quite common in society, literature, and many psychological and scientific studies. Overall, people should act as genuine as they can in order to prevent false assumptions about the person.

In everyday society, individuals play a number of social roles” (113). As a result, people take on different roles and perform differently according to their social status and audience. According to Goffman, “People are sensitive to how they are seen by others and use many forms of impression management to compare others to react to them in ways they wish” (114). He shows

“People can take their time when posting information about themselves, carefully selecting what aspects they would like to emphasize (Gonzales 80).” By controlling what information and self-attributes to share with the online world, an individual may present an idealized version of self that would not align with societal perceptions in the face-to-face interactions. Furthermore, Gonzales notes that recent research in computer-mediated communications suggests that online self-presentations can alter self-perceptions (80). As Orenstein says, “I tweet, therefore I am.” The online presentations of self can become the reality, or idealized reality, of the

Recent research has documented how technology, and social networking sites (SNS; e.g., Facebook, Instagram) in particular, have given rise to a growing obsession with impression management and self-presentation online. Whether it’s searching for the perfect Instagram photo filter or carefully crafting a humblebrag Facebook status about a recent publication, users frequently engage in selective self-presentation strategies to portray an ‘ideal self’ through social media (Chou & Edge, 2012; Manago, Graham, Greenfield, & Salimkhan, 2008). In turn, we seek out social approval and positive feedback in the form of comments and likes.

Within my daily interactions in my life, I observed impression management with my younger brother at his basketball tryouts. Impression management is defined as “the communication strategies people use to influence on how others view them” ( Chapter 4, 80). An example of that happened a month ago at my brothers’ basketball tryouts, my brother from what he perceived to me when we

A., Park, N., Song, H., & Cody, M. J., 2010). Research shows that there are different factors that can influence strategic misrepresentation in someone’s online profile when the person lies about who they are and what they look like. Hall found that online dating service users sought a balance between an accurate self-presentation (true self) and a desirable self-presentation (ideal self). It also showed that online misrepresentation is not a rare phenomenon. In their study, 81% of the participants lied about at least one physical attribute in their online profile, although the magnitude of most deceptions was so small that it would be hard to detect in an FtF interaction (Hall, J. A., Park, N., Song, H., & Cody, M. J., 2010). Online dating has become prevalent today. We have become a technological society and people who chose to date online should not be discriminated against. Study shows that 11% of American adults—and 38% of those who are currently “single and looking” for a partner—have used online dating sites or mobile dating apps (Smith, A., & Duggan, M.,

In much the same way as Goffman described life as a play; it called “Dramaturgy”, people are learning to perform their self in everyday life. Erving Goffman defines dramaturgy, “in which social life is analyzed in term of drama or the stage;” (115). Social media allows people to use different forms of impression management. According to Henslin defines impression management, “People’s efforts to control the impressions that others receive of them.” (115) In my analysis of person B’s Facebook posts I noticed several trends. In the four photos that were selfies I noticed some particular facial expressions, one of Goffman’s sign vehicles. In the four selfies I analyzed, the person was smiling as her facial expression. I believe that the reason she makes this face is to give the impression that she was happy, and make the others who checked her pictures feel happy and think of her as a friendly

The way this all ties into impression management is how all these people were acting. At the College everyone was acting the same, there was nothing different going on. It’s like the students saw how others studied and then to just look normal they also engaged in that activity. It’s a bit different for GameStop since most people were in and out in about four minutes. At Sam’s Club you it was hard to tell how impression management was tied in since it was so crowded but it’s to be assumed to me that when someone notices someone buying a product people get curious and may get the same thing to fit in. It might not work like that exactly but in a way it could. This assignment impacted my understanding of impression management buy making me realize that our environment and the people in our area really affects the actions of how we act. It made me see how people really do adapt to how things or people are around then. Even now I notice how different I can act around a new social group so I can be deemed normal by that certain groups standards. In which different social groups or classes would have a different definition of normal. That’s how this impacted the way I see how impression management

The concept of self-presentation is the most influential factor in my life because it affects how everyday situations are handled, both in my professional and educational life as well as my personal life. The example I will be highlighting is the four-year long, and counting, relationship I have with my friend, Jared Morrison. Self-presentation as well as establishing an identity for Jared and myself is the key point of this discussion. Jared Morrison is a 24-year old man from Denver, CO who joined the military in 2013. Prior to joining the military, Jared was obese by many standards and struggled with his weight for many years of his early life.

An individual 's self-perception can positively or negatively affect a work environment. As human tends to feel bias when perceiving themselves, various individuals often suffer from self-enhancement bias or self-effacement bias. Individuals suffering from extremely cases of self-enhancement bias or self-effacement bias will lead to a negative work environment as they will feel dissatisfied or discontent with their job and obligations in a company. Individuals suffering from extreme self-enhancement bias tends to that they are not being recognized and rewarded for their superior works, which can leads to the false consensus error. The false consensus error occurs when an employee or worker assumes that they can commit unethical behaviors like telling a lie or taking credit for another 's work because they genuinely believe that their dishonest actions frequently transpire in society and in the work place. Meanwhile, individuals suffering from extreme cases of self-effacement bias generally possess low-self-confidence and cannot relinquish their feelings of self-blame for any major or minor blunder or failures they have committed. As a result of their low self-esteem, individuals with self-effacement bias feels uncomfortable and out of place in their workplace, leading to deficient work performance and subpar work efforts after a period of time. However, self-enhancement bias and self-effacement bias does not always lead to a negative work environment as it can also help an

According to psychologist John Suler and his idea of “The Online Disinhibition Effect”, some people, while online, self-disclose or act differently than they would

According to Bevan & Sole (2014), managing your impressions and identities means "Even before a person opens their mouth to speak, you have likely already started to form an opinion of him or her based on how they look, what they are wearing, posture, and whether they make eye contact. For example, when I meet someone for the first time, I try to read them by letting them speak first because I want to see what kind of person they are physically and mentally. For instance, if I go a job interview and I notice the manager is well dressed, good posture with a seriousness facial expression, I will make sure to present myself very confident because I will feel that they will need a confident person for the position. According to (Guerrero et al., 2008), physical appearance and body movements are particularly important in forming the first impression because these are an example of visual cues that is notice. For instance, my husband and I get into a disagreement while he is trying to explain his side of the situation, I crossed my arm over my chest and crossed my legs while shaking them at the same time. He will see that my body language is not accepting what he is saying.