Very clear & concise. This summarizes well for me!

you are a very good lecturer! Extremely easy to follow and understand. I really appreciate this.

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Very helpful content.

Hi Dr Marshall, great lecture. I came across it while studying for the MCAT. Question for you.. in regards to Goffman's dramaturgy, given the rise of social media, and our current sociopolitical climate, do you believe that the line between front/back stage selfs is blurring, if not eroding?

@debramarshall905

7 жыл бұрын

I don't think so, Forest. In my opinion, the line is even more established between front and back stage. I think that, even though people post all kinds of "personal" information online, they are still playing a role--presenting what they think people will respond positively to. Think in terms of any popular social media user--say, someone with many followers... the "person" we see is manufactured, presented in a cultivated way. I think that social media gives us the opportunity to craft the roles we believe people will want to see. I'm sure there are theorists who would argue for the opposing point of view (that social media is blurring the line) but for me, what we see of people today is much more of an "act" than in the past, and I think that social media has contributed to that.

@tushdcejoshi

7 жыл бұрын

Hi. A person true to his feelings and thinking may write something on social media but at the same time he/she is conscious of his writing those things and the scrutiny which Others will perform on it and people may reject it to be untrue considering the writer is just playing a role. He/She may never be able to express what he/she actually intends to. How in this context is Goffman's theory relevant? Will the writer stop playing the role momentarily to express true feelings or he/she will play a role such that he/she writes something else(not what is on the his mind but what he thinks people will construe it to be) but the sense which can be made out of it is the one which is intended originally by the writer ?

@Kencan254

6 жыл бұрын

Whereas Dr. Marshal is an eloquent and a "master" of her specialization, if you are preparing for MCAT, it will pay to get the "official" AAMC view. Social sciences theories are subject to varied interpretations and therefore the views you get elsewhere may not rhyme with the AAMC version. This is why I recommend Khan Academy MCAT PSYCH/SOCIO pages on KZread.

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