Goffman Self Analysis

For Goffman, the self is a sense of who one is, this realization (of who the self is) has a dramatic undertone which arises from the immediate scene which is being presented by the actor. This scene could be the front stage or back stage. As it is on the stage in a theatrical performance, where actors portray their personal characteristics through their choice of clothing, verbal and non-verbal actions among other things to give a particular impression to the audience, the other that is apart from the self. This is called “impression management”. The self is a creation by the actor that is a composition of the front stage and the back stage, it may or may not be influenced by other external uncontrolled factors. The front stage being when the actions of the actor is visible to the audience and is part of the performance. The back stage is the behaviour when the actor believes that no audience is present. When performers are in the back region, they are nonetheless in another performance: that of a loyal team member. Team

There have been cases that a performer may be taken in by his own act, convinced that the impression of reality which he was suggested that a performer may be taken in by his own act, convinced at the moment that the impression of reality which he develops is the one and only reality. In such cases, the performer becomes his own audience.

2. LIBERTY V/S CONTROL [OF INFORMATION]

A clash that arises when we talk about privacy is the question of what should be given preference - our rights or our safety (which the State claims is taken into consideration and is usually the driving force for the creation of surveillance projects). Those who agree with the State assert that they’ve got nothing to hide and therefore have nothing to worry about . Trent Lott, a former Senate majority leader asked rhetorically whether the reason for