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- Title
The Real You? The Role of Visual Cues and Comment Congruence in Perceptions of Social Attractiveness from Facebook Profiles.
- Authors
Hong, Seoyeon; Tandoc, Edson; Kim, Eunjin Anna; Kim, Bokyung; Wise, Kevin
- Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of social cues in self-presentations and the congruence of other-generated comments with the self-presentation in people's evaluations of a profile owner. A 2 (level of social cues: high vs. low)×2 (congruent vs. incongruent)×2 (order)×2 (multiple messages) mixed-subject experiment was conducted with 104 college students. The results showed that a profile owner was perceived less socially attractive when other-generated comments were incongruent with the profile owner's self-presentation. No matter how people package themselves with extravagant self-presentations, it cannot be very successful without validation from others. Interestingly, an interaction effect between congruence and the level of social cues suggested that perceived popularity was low in the incongruent condition regardless of level of social cue. Theoretical and practical implications were also discussed.
- Subjects
FACEBOOK (Web resource); SELF-congruence; SOCIAL media; SELF-presentation; SOCIAL interaction; PSYCHOLOGY
- Publication
CyberPsychology, Behavior & Social Networking, 2012, Vol 15, Issue 7, p339
- ISSN
2152-2715
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1089/cyber.2011.0511