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The Management of Information About Oneself

  • Erving Goffman (author)
Chapter of: Social Media & the Self: An Open Reader

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TitleThe Management of Information About Oneself
ContributorErving Goffman (author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.32376/3f8575cb.e188d2d9
Landing pagehttps://www.mediastudies.press/pub/goffman-management/
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Publishermediastudies.press
Published on2021-07-15
Short abstractIN SOCIAL LIFE, an actor commonly finds that very basic ends, of both an ultimate and intermediate kind, are furthered by gathering information about those with whom he interacts, es­pecially information about the conceptions that these persons have of themselves and of him.
Long abstractIN SOCIAL LIFE, an actor commonly finds that very basic ends, of both an ultimate and intermediate kind, are furthered by gathering information about those with whom he interacts, es­pecially information about the conceptions that these persons have of themselves and of him. With information about others, the actor can predict in general their likely behavior, and pre­pare for it. With information of this kind, he can determine how best to shape his own behavior in order to call forth a desired action from others. (The exploitation of the indicated likely response of others to his own behavior is required, of course, whether the actor wishes to please or to displease the others.) With information of this kind, the actor can learn what is expected of him and “where he stands” with respect to the others, helping thus to determine for himself who and what he is. We find, then, a whole complex of ends, any one or more of which may motivate the actor to the same kind of activity, i.e., an effort to find out as much as possible about the persons with whom he interacts.