An example of non verbal codes being the key to presenting yourself is Instagram. On Instagram people non verbally communicate with other through the clothes they where, way they look and the setting of the photo. This allows people to be closer to their ideal self, as they can edit the photo to make them less insecure about how people see them. This also ties in with Goffmans theory as your identity on Instagram would be very cynical as they would not be being themselves, as the way the look, there setting, clothes they are wearing and so on, would be altered to make them seem like something they are not. In addition to this the Instagram caption used beneath the photo would be a form of anchorage to draw the reader onto a particular meaning.
nice work m8
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