scispace - formally typeset
Journal ArticleDOI

On face-work; an analysis of ritual elements in social interaction.

Erving Goffman
- 01 Aug 1955 - 
- Vol. 18, Iss: 3, pp 213-231
About
This article is published in Psychiatry MMC.The article was published on 1955-08-01. It has received 2287 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Social relation & Personality disorders.

read more

Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI

Normalizing emotion in organizations: Making the extraordinary seem ordinary

TL;DR: The authors define normalizing as institutionalized processes by which extraordinary situations are rendered seemingly ordinary, and discuss four means of normalizing: diffusing, where undesired emotions are dissipated or their impact is reduced; reframing, where emotions or the situation are recast such that the emotions are forestalled, redefined, or rendered more acceptable; adaptation, where repeated exposure to a situation reduces its emotional impact; and ritualism, where the enactment of standardized procedures provides a sense of control and a momentum of means.
Journal ArticleDOI

Predictors, elicitors, and concomitants of social blushing

TL;DR: In this article, auteurs proposent ici un modele de rougissement appuye sur des resultats empiriques, and notamment que la frequence avec laquelle les sujets declarent rougir est correlee avec des mesures qui refletent l'inquietude des SUJets sur la facon dont ils sont regardes par les autres.
Proceedings ArticleDOI

Social Sharing of Emotions on Facebook: Channel Differences, Satisfaction, and Replies

TL;DR: Investigating how social media properties such as visibility and directedness affect how people share emotions in Facebook, and their satisfaction after doing so suggests the need for designs that help people receive valuable responses to their shared emotions.
Book ChapterDOI

Social Comparison Theory: Self-Evaluation and Group Life

TL;DR: In the three decades since the publication of Festinger's classic paper, social comparison theory has evolved in several ways, including restatements and amendments to the theory, some connecting it with other theories current in social psychology.
Journal ArticleDOI

Cultural influences on informal information sharing in Chinese and Anglo-American organizations: an exploratory study

TL;DR: This paper examined cultural factors which may facilitate or impede the sharing of informal information in the context of face-to-face meetings in Chinese compared to Anglo-American organizations and found that individual differences, individual assertiveness, and corporate culture in influencing informal information sharing in Australia; and the trade-off between collective interests, respect for hierarchical status and concern with face in Taiwan.