The Real You? The Role of Visual Cues and Comment Congruence in Perceptions of Social Attractiveness from Facebook Profiles

Hong, Seoyeon; Tandoc, Edson C.; Kim, eunjin; Kim, Bokyung; Wise, Kevin

doi:10.1089/cyber.2011.0511

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“…In addition, group photos and group selfies were not perceived as more socially attractive. These results contradict previous findings that the number of social cues in profile photos on Facebook is positively correlated with the perceived social attractiveness (Milyavskaya et al, 2010; Hong et al, 2012). One possible explanation for our finding might be that we asked the participants to concentrate on the evaluation of the profile owner.…”

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“…This phenomenon is also called the attractiveness halo effect (Kaplan, 1978). Besides this effect, there might also be a more direct route of attributing social attractiveness on Facebook: Hong et al (2012) found evidence that a higher number of social cues in Facebook profile pictures is positively related to social attractiveness and popularity.…”

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Beware of Selfies: The Impact of Photo Type on Impression Formation Based on Social Networking Profiles

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Users of social networking sites such as Facebook frequently post self-portraits on their profiles. While research has begun to analyze the motivations for posting such pictures, less is known about how selfies are evaluated by recipients. Although producers of selfies typically aim to create a positive impression, selfies may also be regarded as narcissistic and therefore fail to achieve the intended goal. The aim of this study is to examine the potentially ambivalent reception of selfies compared to photos taken by others based on the Brunswik lens model Brunswik (1956). In a between-subjects online experiment (N = 297), Facebook profile mockups were shown which differed with regard to picture type (selfie vs. photo taken by others), gender of the profile owner (female vs. male), and number of individuals within a picture (single person vs. group). Results revealed that selfies were indeed evaluated more negatively than photos taken by others. Persons in selfies were rated as less trustworthy, less socially attractive, less open to new experiences, more narcissistic and more extroverted than the same persons in photos taken by others. In addition, gender differences were observed in the perception of pictures. Male profile owners were rated as more narcissistic and less trustworthy than female profile owners, but there was no significant interaction effect of type of picture and gender. Moreover, a mediation analysis of presumed motives for posting selfies revealed that negative evaluations of selfie posting individuals were mainly driven by the perceived motivation of impression management. Findings suggest that selfies are likely to be evaluated less positively than producers of selfies might suppose.

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“…For example, Utz (2010) found that friends' postings significantly affected observers' ratings of the profile owner's honesty, reliability, and social attractiveness. In another study, profile owners were perceived as less socially attractive when friends' postings were incongruent with the profile owner's self-postings, suggesting that, no matter what type of self-image Facebook users attempt to convey, they will not be successful without validation from others (Hong, Tandoc, Kim, Kim, & Wise, 2012).…”

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“…Several related studies have demonstrated how information posted online by third parties can influence perceptions of a social network site user. Specifically, comments by friends on social network sites have been demonstrated to affect perceptions of a user's popularity (Hong, Tandoc, Kim, Kim, & Wise, ), physical attractiveness (Walther et al, ), and social attractiveness (Antheunis & Schouten, ). Although many studies have demonstrated that, on social network sites, contributions made by third parties affect impressions of a profile owner, it is difficult to locate any studies that (a) directly measure perceptions of warranting value, (b) establish that third‐party claims are perceived to have greater warranting value than self‐claims, and (c) demonstrate how perceptions of warranting value moderate the effect information has on impressions.…”

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Advancing Warranting Theory

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Since its introduction by Walther and Parks (2002), warranting has emerged in the literature as a prominent construct that offers insight for understanding how online self-presentations are produced and evaluated. This manuscript outlines limitations that exist in the literature on warranting and provides suggestions for how the construct can be advanced theoretically and tested empirically. Notably, testable theoretical propositions are derived that specify how various factors are anticipated to affect perceptions of warranting value. In addition, warranting theory is compared and contrasted to Donath's (2007) adaptation of signaling theory and previous work on impression management.It has been over a decade since Walther and Parks (2002) first outlined how the construct of warranting value could be used to understand the production and evaluation of online self-presentations. Warranting value refers to perceptions about the extent to which information is immune to manipulation by the source it describes. To date, many studies have applied the construct of warranting value to make sense of a variety of communication processes that occur through new media (see Walther, 2011). Despite the widespread application of warranting in communication research, few studies have sought to (a) conceptually clarify the construct of warranting value, (b) develop a cohesive theory that specifies how a range of antecedents affect perceptions of the construct, and (c) detail how qualities of warranting as a theory compare and contrast to other related theoretical approaches. This manuscript seeks to address these limitations by explicating the construct of warranting and deriving novel theoretical propositions that extend warranting as a theory. Explicating warrantingWalther and Parks (2002) discuss how there are often greater disconnections between the self and self-presentations online than in the physical world due to the affordances of media. For instance, it is much easier for an adult to pose as a child online where complete anonymity is afforded than in person. Although online self-presentations can be viewed as genuine, people often meet them with suspicion because they are

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The Real You? The Role of Visual Cues and Comment Congruence in Perceptions of Social Attractiveness from Facebook Profiles

Cited by 58 publications

References 28 publications

Beware of Selfies: The Impact of Photo Type on Impression Formation Based on Social Networking Profiles

Beware of Selfies: The Impact of Photo Type on Impression Formation Based on Social Networking Profiles

Cyberbullying victimization: Do victims’ personality and risky social network behaviors contribute to the problem?

Advancing Warranting Theory

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