Face-work¶
Goffman, E. (1955). Face-work.
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Mechanisms¶
- Face-Saving Position Update Path
- Its strength is that it prevents an early public falsehood from trapping people in continued falsification — the whole point of face-work, Erving Goffman's term for the moves people make to protect their own and others' public self-image
This sourceA reversal threatens face; a face-saving path supplies the moves that let the update happen without loss of face.
- Its strength is that it prevents an early public falsehood from trapping people in continued falsification — the whole point of face-work, Erving Goffman's term for the moves people make to protect their own and others' public self-image
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