Erving Goffman and the Internet

The dramaturgical framework of sociologist Erving Goffman's is applied to the various forms of computer mediated communication (CMC) on the Internet. The paper examines the implications for situational boundaries, participants? roles, identity play and audience segregation. It argues that aud...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dell, Peter, Marinova, D.
Format: Journal Article
Published: The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic; Akademie Ved Ceske Republiky 2002
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10464