Erving Goffman's seminal book "The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life" was groundbreaking, using the analogy of the theatre to understanding how people interact in social settings "all the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players".

60 years on from its publication, Sociologist Dr Jessamy Perriam outlines the continued importance of Goffman's ideas in the interconnected digital world of the 21st Century.

You can discover more in our Level 2 module "Understanding Digital Societies" DD218 from October 2020.