COMM330 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Fairy, Huor, Auge
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Self presentation: effectiveness attributed to who is looking. Identity: person we think we are/communicate to others: theeory of self that is formed and maintained through actual or imagined interpersonal agreement about what self is like, the (cid:862)i(cid:863). What (cid:449)e prese(cid:374)t to others: all humans have a sense of self. Hyperpersonal model: our identity is shaped from interations with others. Social identity theory: how we develop and maintain our identity. Communication theory of identity: identitty construction can be viewed through 4 frames: 1. I identify myself as a shy person, and not a jealous one: 2. Enactment of communication: identities formed through messages: 3. Relationship interaction: what kind of partner, daughter, friend you are. You act differently with different people: 4. Communal frame: our culture, groups we belong to. Culture and ethnicity are central to our core views of ourselves: you can identify with more than one group. People know not us, but the image we project.