2021
DOI: 10.1609/icwsm.v2i1.18626
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Thin Slices of Online Profile Attributes

Abstract: People form consistent impressions of others given surprisingly little information. With the advent of social networks, impressions now may form online rather than in a face-to-face context. This research explores aspects of online impression formation and discusses the crucial role of user profiles in this process. By examining users' decisions in an experimentally controlled social network, we show that users need only a thin slice of profile information in order to form impressions of others online. Additio… Show more

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“…But more dominant than text is impression management via visual stimuli. It is in our biological nature to first look at people when forming an impression of them (Barry, Estes, & Rivera, 2015; Our biological tendency to look at people's faces occurs both offline and online (Stecher & Counts, 2008;Hum, et al, 2011). From the few studies on online profile pictures generally (i.e., not specifically regarding a business context) we know that profile pictures help visitors to make judgments about an individual's personality (Stopfer, Egloff, Nestler, & Back, 2014;Sutherland, et al, 2015) and that profile owners appear to be aware of their profile pictures' communication effects since they present pictures that are inactive, posed, appropriate, and contain only the profile owner (Hum, et al, 2011).…”
Section: Impression Management and First Impressionsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…But more dominant than text is impression management via visual stimuli. It is in our biological nature to first look at people when forming an impression of them (Barry, Estes, & Rivera, 2015; Our biological tendency to look at people's faces occurs both offline and online (Stecher & Counts, 2008;Hum, et al, 2011). From the few studies on online profile pictures generally (i.e., not specifically regarding a business context) we know that profile pictures help visitors to make judgments about an individual's personality (Stopfer, Egloff, Nestler, & Back, 2014;Sutherland, et al, 2015) and that profile owners appear to be aware of their profile pictures' communication effects since they present pictures that are inactive, posed, appropriate, and contain only the profile owner (Hum, et al, 2011).…”
Section: Impression Management and First Impressionsmentioning
confidence: 99%