To what Extent does Erving Goffman’s Theories of Social ‘performance’ Apply to Modern Digital Forms of Social Interaction?
Introduction The sociologist Erving Goffman (1922-1982) focused on the social world at the micro level to analyse the social and symbolic interactions between individuals. Goffman (1959) analysed the ways in which individuals presented themselves to others. Goffman (1959: 74) found that individuals do not present their real, true selves; instead they present an ‘idealised’ version […]