Sexualized Branded Entertainment and the Male Consumer Gaze by Matthew P. McAllister, Lauren J. DeCarvalho

“…This article applies the “male consumer gaze” – integrating work influenced by Erving Goffman and Laura Mulvey – to two branded televised events: the 2011 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show and the 2012 Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant. …”
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Stigma i internasjonal politikk: Norge, EU og søken etter «det normale» i en post-sovjetisk sikkerhetskontekst by Øyvind Svendsen

“…Ved å anvende sosialteori fra Pierre Bourdieu og Erving Goffman slik Rebecca Adler-Nissen har behandlet dem begge i fagfeltet IR, argumenterer jeg for at konvergenspraksisen som har utviklet seg mellom Norge og EU har vært drevet frem av (1) de norske eliters integrasjonsvennlige habitus, (2) EUs symbolmakt i forholdet med Norge og (3) en stigmatiseringsprosess i det europeiske sikkerhetsfeltet. …”
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Interaction Tension: A Sociological Model of Attention and Emotion Demands in Video Gaming by Sebastian Deterding

“…This article argues that Erving Goffman’s concept of interaction tension offers a promising theoretical model for social demands. …”
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Standing Still and Cutting in Line by Ajay Gandhi

“…They are grouped into two types: the ‘massified’ queue, drawing on Jean-Paul Sartre’s work; and the ‘interactional’ queue, framed by Erving Goffman’s writings. The paper discusses heavily policed queues, whose linear and serial character is produced by institutional authority. …”
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Motif Penggunaan Second Account Instagram bagi Pelajar SMK Negeri 1 Gempol by Farah Nabilah, Kukuh Sinduwiatmo

“…The purpose of this research is to find out the motives of students at SMK Negeri 1 Gempol in using second Instagram accounts. Erving Goffman's dramaturgical theory is combined with qualitative descriptive methods in analyzing motives. …”
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Marriage and Memories of the Slave Trade Among the Ejaghams of Cameroon's Cross River Region by Maurine Ekun Nyok

“…Using theories from Mary Douglas and Erving Goffman to analyse their stories, I demonstrate that while “slave descendants” are legally permitted to marry members of “freeman” origin, in practice, some cultural privileges are stripped from those who choose to intermarry, especially impacting those of “freeman” origins. …”
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Not as innocent as they seem : a content analysis on gender stereotyping in memes by Hong, Crystal Zhen Ting, Robinson, Fiona Mei, Toh, Abigail Jia Jing, Goh, Sherlyn Jia Ling

“…With internet memes regarded as one of the latest fads in online culture, this exploratory study examines the representation of genders in memes using a content analysis of 638 memes from the Know Your Meme Facebook page. Guided by Erving Goffman’s framework for analysis of gender advertisements, this study finds that gender stereotyping is present in memes, especially when it comes to representations of dominance and interaction. …”
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Ciberpublicidade, gênero e Goffman: hiper-ritualizações no contexto digital by Fernanda Carrera

“… Este trabalho realiza uma análise exploratória da ciberpublicidade sob a égide de Erving Goffman em Gender Advertisements. Pressupunha-se que o ambiente digital, ao permitir a amplitude de vozes reprimidas anteriormente pelos meios de massa; disponibilizar artifícios para o ciberativismo, sobretudo em relação à representatividade; e ainda fazer emergir uma publicidade com “efeito de realidade”, pudesse revelar resultados imagéticos significativamente diferenciados daqueles encontrados por Goffman nos anúncios impressos de revista na década de 70. …”
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The CPED Framework as a Network-Level Signature Pedagogy by Robert Evans

“…In this essay, I distinguish between the two terms, exploring how Erving Goffman’s (1986) concept of frame analysis can be a useful approach to stewardship. …”
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Abjectivity: The Selfie Subjectivity of Trans* Social Media Influencers by Amy Lynne Hill

“…I build my analysis on Judith Butler’s engagement with sociologist Erving Goffman and philosopher Julia Kristeva, and Ace Lehner’s seminal selfie theory. …”
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Gender Disparities in Self-Presentation on WeChat Moments by Zhang Xinyuan

“…This study delved into the relationship between gender and self presentation in WeChat Moments, and analyzed gender patterns and differences through questionnaire data. Using Erving Goffman’s drama theory, self presentation in WeChat Moments is viewed as an online performance, in which users play their own roles and carefully manage their online image. …”
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Konstruksi Diri dan Pengelolaan Kesan pada Ruang Riil dan Ruang Virtual by Benedictus A. Simangunsong

“…In this paper I introduce how the dramaturgical concept, especially the Impression Management, from Erving Goffman can be used to describe how people interact in the virtual world.…”
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As apresentações do eu no espaço da internet by Fabiano Viana de Oliveira, Aliger dos Santos Pereira

“…Este artigo tem como objeto de pesquisa a Sociabilidade de Grupos dentro do Espaço da Internet comparando o estudo de Erving Goffman que descreve como as pessoas negociam e validam identidades em interações face-a-face e como as mesmas estabelecem “frames” (quadros ou cenas) nos quais avaliam o significado dessas interações. …”
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Constructing emotions from the perspective of the dramaturgical theory on the example of the Smolensk disaster by Michał Pulit

“… The author uses the background of the Erving Goffman’s dramaturgical theory to analyze how emotions are constructed. …”
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“Normales” y estigmatizados: los símbolos de la estigmatización social en Juan Rulfo by Lilia Leticia García Peña

“…Se estudian aquí siete formas de estigmatización social encontradas en la obra completa de Juan Rulfo y su representación estética a través de la red simbólica a partir de la teoría microsociológica de Erving Goffman (1922-1982). La metodología de Goffman, generada en los años cincuenta, es una plataforma que permite abordar las realidades sociales significadas en el texto de modo tanto innovador como riguroso. …”
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An inclusive corporate culture: Examining the visible and invisible levels of disability inclusiveness in two large enterprises by Yuliya Kuznetsova

“…This study used Erving Goffman's analytical framework of the visible frontstage versus the invisible backstage aspects of impression management to compare employers’ public statements concerning the inclusion of persons with disabilities with actual practice. …”
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Specchiarsi nello schermo. Specchio e cinema come "metafore identitarie" ne La glace à trois faces di Jean Epstein by Livio Lepratto

“…The reflections made by Epstein will be recovered and developed by sociologists and philosophers like Erving Goffman and Christian Metz, who, on the basis of lacaniane theories, proposes in psychoanalytic key the relationship between cinema and the mirror.…”
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A doença do Brasil: imigração, estereotipização e transgressão no paraíso tropical by Paulo Ricardo Kralik Angelini

“…Desta forma, serão buscados conceitos fundamentais sobre representação, identidade, alteridade, estereótipo e relações pós-colonialistas, em obras de Homi Bhabha, Robert Stam, Eric Landowski, Erving Goffman, Eduardo Lourenço, Ana Silvia Scott, Lídia Jorge, entre outros.  …”
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A subjetividade corporificada nos marcos da sociologia existencial = Embodied subjectivity frameworks of an existential sociology = Subjetividad encarnada en los marcos de la socio... by Soneghet, Lucas Faial

“…Então, essas questões são trabalhadas com referência à teoria sociológica de Erving Goffman e à obra de Michel Foucault. Através da passagem por esses três autores, constrói-se uma noção de subjetividade corporificada, isto é, um conceito de sujeito que leva em consideração o corpo como nexo fundamental das relações sociais. …”
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The Moral Careers of Male Tinder Users: An Exploratory Sociological Analysis by Maria Stoicescu

“…For this purpose, I use the concept of ‘career’, as discussed by Erving Goffman (1963), Howard Becker (1963), and David Matza (1969), to answer the following research question: What are the ‘moral careers’ of male users, and what are the factors that influence their engagement on the Tinder dating app? …”
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