First, scroll through Instagram or Facebook or other social media sites of your friends, family members or colleagues – (you can also go to https://www.themuse.com/advice/the-35-best-personal-websites-weve-ever-seen)Links to an external site. to find three personal web pages and study them. Answer the following question as thoughtfully as you can on what you observe.
What are the different ways that people present information about themselves on the internet (e.g., pictures, essays, connections to other friend’s websites, links to products or original works, text and language)? (this section should be one or two paragraphs)
Next, review Goffman’s discussion of impression management and stigma from your textbook and/or any other quality sources on these topics. Imagine or recount a face-to-face interaction with one of the people whose webpages you reviewed and compare it to the interaction that you have with that person through their social media account. Generally, how would Goffman interpret these interactions?
Using a minimum of 3 references to the course materials (textbook, lectures, videos), and a minimum of one quality article from a peer-reviewed scholarly journal answer the questions below based on your observations and analysis of Goffman’s explanation of interactions.
How are these interactions different from one another?
Do you learn more about a person in face-to-face interaction or through the internet?
How is the management of personal stigma different on a web page than it is in face-to-face interaction?
Are relationships deeper and richer in face-to-face interaction or through the Internet? (this section should be 3-4 pages)
Next, review other theories presented regarding our roles in society. Using a minimum of 2 references to the course materials (textbook, lectures, videos) answer the question below.
What additional theory or theories can apply to how we can describe our roles and structures in person and virtually? Explain. (this section should be ½ page-1 full page)
Last, organize and format your writing into the Basic Essay Format. This means that you will take all this wonderful information you wrote about and organize it into an essay format making sure you include a topic sentence and introductory paragraph, supporting details written as the main details incorporated as the main body of the paper and a conclusion paragraph. Include any additional information or clarification of details to ensure the reader understands the points you are trying to make and organize your points in a logical way. Make sure to follow the parts of an essay – the introduction and thesis statement, body with transitions between paragraphs, conclusion and references listed in alphabetical order by last name. Check for spelling, grammar and flow.
Requirements
Name and date
Margins – 1 inch margins
Indentions – new paragraphs should automatically indent
Font – 12 point Times New Roman font
Alignment – left aligned
Document spacing – double spaced
5 references citing course materials
1 reference from scholarly article
5 full pages (not including references page)