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

Erving Goffman
- 01 Aug 1955 - 
- Vol. 18, Iss: 3, pp 213-231
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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.

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Appropriateness and effectiveness of image repair strategies

TL;DR: In this article, a typology of image repair strategies is described and perceptions of the appropriateness and effectiveness of these strategies in face-threatening interpersonal situations are investigated, and a study investigates utterances designed to restore a damaged reputation.
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Not so innocent: Does seeing one's own capability for wrongdoing predict forgiveness?

TL;DR: The personal capability effect was independent of other established predictors of forgiveness and was more pronounced among men than women.
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Face, favour and positioning – a Chinese power game

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors look at the relationships among inducement factors, face work, and favor from a Hong Kong-China intra-cultural negotiation environment and find that face work has four dimensions, namely reciprocity, response, respect, and reputation.
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Small Talk: Social Functions

TL;DR: Coupland et al. as discussed by the authors described the Organization of Primary School Children's On-Task and Off-Task Talk in a Small Group Setting, and discussed the potential problems for workers with an Intellectual Disability.
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Dow corning's image repair strategies in the breast implant crisis

TL;DR: The present essay analyzes the strategies used by the Dow Corning Corporation in its efforts to restore its public image following heavy criticism about the safety of its silicone breast implants and demonstrates the usefulness of the recently developed theory of image restoration discourse in critiquing rhetorical discourse intended to vanquish attacks against one's image.