1. Communication and Self-Concept, Continued…
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2. Section 4 PRESENTING THE SELF: COMMUNICATION AS IDENTITY MANAGEMENT
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3. Identity Management Identity management, defined:
The communication strategies people use to influence how others view them.
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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. Section 5 WHY MANAGE IMPRESSIONS?
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11. Why Manage Impressions?
Social rules
Personal goals
Relational goals
It is impossible not to create impressions
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12. 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
Automobiles
Artwork
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13. Identity Management in 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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14. 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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15. END OF SECTION CHAPTER CONTINUES IN PART THREE
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