Research On Self-Presentation Of College Students’ We Chat Circle Of Friends

As a new social media,WeChat circle has become a new platform for people to understand each other,which has a significant impact on the behavior of people.As a group of entending individuality and highly self-conscious,College students are eager to express themselves on the new platform.Therefore,this paper studied the WeChat circle of college students based on the theory of Goffman’s self-presentation,which combined with communication,sociology and other theories.And this study used questionnaires,in-depth interviews,text analysis and other scientific research methods.This paper analyzed the characteristics and strategies of self-presentation,and the influence of self-presentation on WeChat circle to the interpersonal relationship of the college student.From the analysis about the usage of WeChat circle among college students,30%of college students had a severe dependence on the WeChat circle.Freshman spend on average less than other students.The circle of friend is made up of the family,relatives,friends,classmates and some strangers.Most of their nicknames do not use the real name,is aimed at the performance of personality.For the selection of portrait,they choose one real picture based on modification.The content which student published in circle can be divided into four types,such as recording life,seeking attention,showing success,asking for assistance.Some college students in the circle have shown up the appearance of hidden,and the most are boys.College students would choose different groups in the display of content,and the Family,teacher,ordinary friend are frequently shielded.In the mode of interaction,college students express like to conveying emotions.But with the case of frequently expressing like,the act of praising with their fingers contained the emotion has been weakened.Then students recognized and corrected themselves by reviewing each other comments.Finally,I believe that the right demonstration can promote the development of the college student relationships.Not only WeChat circle makes family,classmates and other strong relationship had been consolidated,but also maintains the weak connection with unfamiliar people.So the differences of information between college students become larger and the outstanding students get more chance to communication.However,frequently praising,largely advertising,forwardinglow-quality content and other excessive presentation would cause the relationship of college students had been alienated.Besides the ability of college students to deal with interpersonal excessive is not enough,and easily causing fatigue.In addition,too much virtual social interaction has caused the decline of college students’ communicative ability in real life.