Abstract:

It is seen that everything related communication has changed. It is believed that increasing unprecedented rate of digital communication technologies, proliferation of digital identities and increasing in online communication with pandemic has included many areas from daily affairs to work styles, from self presentations to impression management processes. In the mid-21st century and in the future it is stated that our society will certainly be in more artificial intelligence-based, big data-based and interconnected world, social systems will be emphasized in the knowledge infrastructure of blockchain-based connections and distributed databases. The aim of this article is to reveal the processes of change and transformation with digital identities and new communication technologies in people’s lives, self-presentations with examples from The Circle in the context of Goffman’s self presentation theory. The Circle film scenes examplified the process of digital identities and new communication technologies in human life. As a result, when The Circle was analyzed, examples of Goffman's performance, showcase, teams, regions and regional behaviors, discrete roles, whistleblower, scout and professional client roles, out-of-character communication, art of impression control were found. It is believed that this article will contribute to the studies to be carried out in issues of digital identity, digital communication, impression management, self-presentations.

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