// Glossary
Self-Presentation
4 topics
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What Changes When One Wears an Avatar as Armor
How one presents oneself to others. According to Goffman, the act of staging the self like a performance depending on the situation.
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Myself in Front of the Screen and Myself Without the Screen
The act of intentionally controlling how one appears to others. Becomes especially strategic across screens.
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When You Switch the Way You Use Words Between Real Life and the Internet
The strategic management of how one wants to appear to others. One may perform different personas online and in real life.
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Swaying Between Character Setting and One's True Self
Erving Goffman's concept. The act of intentionally performing and presenting a desirable self-image according to social situations and contexts. VTuber activity is an extreme modern embodiment of this theory.