This paper explores backstage behavior in videos found by
searching for “drinking and puking” on YouTube. A small
sample of 10 videos was critiqued using the definition of
backstage language behavior found in Goffman’s Presentation of
Self in Everyday Life. The question examined is: Is there a
blurring of the boundaries between front stage and backstage
behavior in videos posted to YouTube? Three possibilities
emerge from the research relating to boundary establishment in
this mediation of social interaction by technology.
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