chapter 9- discussion 1 (Facebook)

 I used to present myself on Facebook as a typical college girl, didn’t care as much what I posted or what pictures were tagged of me. Now however, I have much more privacy settings and have to approve what people can tag of me. I think this just comes with age, wanting others respect and knowing that your future career can see the pictures and comments on your page. Of course you want people to respect you.  Throughout high school and beginning of college I wish there were a lot of pictures that I wasn’t tagged in. I also wish I put a little more thought into posting certain pictures.  Facebook is all about communication because you communicate to each other via Facebook, and there is a ton of conflict through Facebook . People create groups and events and bully people through those groups. There is a lot of drama that stirs up from Facebook.  In chapter 9, it talks about face management, which describes “face is what one does, face management is the face that results during interaction with others”(P.157). In other words the face is Facebook and the face management is how we present ourself through our Facebook page.  Goffman brings up a good point on page 157, about the fact that we all have images of ourselves and we project that image(our face) in interactions with others. Facebook is a terrific example of Goffman’s view. How we communicate with others is how we want others to see us. For example, if you post pictures of you always drinking on your Facebook and posting statuses about drama in your life, your more then likely going to get a certain reputation. This reputation comes from positive face and autonomous (negative) face. Positive face means that people want others important to them to like and respect them. (P. 159). Positive face is more then likely what most people want. Autonomous face is the part of us that longs for some independence, privacy or time alone. People need to realize that Facebook is public, and it reflects how people view you.