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• In it, Goffman uses the imagery of theater in order to portray the nuances and significance of face-to-face social interaction.
• Goffman puts forth a theory of social interaction that he refers to as the dramaturgical model of social life.
• According to Goffman, social interaction may be likened to a theater, and people in everyday life to actors on a stage, each playing a variety of roles. The audience consists of other individuals who observe the role-playing and react to the performances.
• In social interaction, like in theatrical performances, there is a 'front stage' region where the actors are on stage before an audience, and their consciousness of that audience and the audience's expectations for the role they should play influence the actor's behavior.
• There is also a back region, or 'backstage,' where individuals can relax, be themselves, and the role or identity that they play when they are in front of others.

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Kei

I think people around you determine how you behave. The book is describing it. Just feeling like Pinterest is a place backstage where people can truly get to herself and get rid of the roles that she plays when she is in front of other people.