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CHAPTER 3Communication and Self-Concept, Continued…
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Section 4PRESENTING THE SELF: COMMUNICATION AS IDENTITY MANAGEMENT
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Identity Management
Identity management, defined: The communication
strategies people use to influence how others view them.
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Public and Private Selves
Perceived self, defined: The person you
believe yourself to be in moments of honest self-reflection.
Unlikely to reveal this self to another person.
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Public and Private Selves
Presenting self, defined: An image (socially
approved) we want to present to others
“Facework” (Sociologist Erving Goffman) The nonverbal ways we
act to maintain our own presenting images and the image of others
How does Goffman’s concept of “face” relate to the presenting self?
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Characteristics of Identity Management
We strive to construct multiple identities
What are some different contexts or situations in which you may construct different identities?
Explain whether or not a person can present different identities simultaneously.
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Characteristics of Identity Management
Identity management is collaborative “Process theater” in
which we improvise scenes where our character reacts with others.
What happens when someone rejects or does not collaborate with our identity management attempts?
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Characteristics of Identity Management
Identity management can be deliberate or unconscious What situations would
require deliberate identity management?
We unconsciously act in small public performances, making a particular facial expression or using a particular tone of voice.
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Characteristics of Identity Management
People differ in their degrees of identity management
What are advantages to being a high self-monitor? Drawbacks?
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Section 5WHY MANAGE IMPRESSIONS?
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Why Manage Impressions?
Social rules
Personal goals
Relational goals
It is impossible not to create impressions
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How Do We Manage Impressions?
Face-to-face impression management Manner
Words Nonverbal actions
Appearance Personal items people
use to shape an image Clothing Hairstyle Personal affects
Setting Physical items people
use to influence how others view them
“Artifacts” decorate the space we live in
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Identity Management in Mediated Communication
Mediated communication “One of the interesting
things about the Internet is the opportunity it offers people to present themselves in a variety of different ways.”
In mediated identity management, how do the factors of manner, appearance, and setting change?
How do these changes make it easier or more difficult to manage identity?
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Identity Management and Honesty
People sometimes misrepresent themselves to gain the trust of others.
What are examples of ethical or honest identity management?
Not only one honest way to behave in every circumstance.
Impression management involves deciding which face—which part of yourself—to reveal.
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END OF SECTIONCHAPTER CONTINUES IN PART THREE
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