In contrast, a backstage setting refers to times and places where the people you want to impress favorably are not present. In a behind-the-scenes environment, people do not have to actively engage in impression management efforts. Instead, they can relax, "be themselves," and do things they might not want the public to see. The audience is the group of spectators of a public event, listeners or spectators. Self-presentation refers to the processes that individuals use to influence the impressions that others have of them. Tactical self-presentation occurs when people try to create a public image of themselves that is consistent with what others want them to be. Ideal self-presentation occurs when individuals try to influence others to see themselves as they would like to be seen. In college, a college student in a class might use the tactical method of self-presentation to try to portray a public image of himself that coincides with social expectations. Another example might be that a student among friends might display the ideal self-presentation method of trying to be seen by others the way the individual wants to be seen; possibility of wearing the latest fashion news to feel trendy
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