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Whitty, Monica T., Doodson, James, Creese, Sadie and Hodges, David (2014) Image choice to represent the self in different online environments. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 8531 . pp. 528-537. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-07632-4_50 ISSN 0302-9743.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-07632-4_50
Abstract
This paper draws from ‘impression management theory’ to examine the choices individuals make to visually represent themselves on Facebook and Twitter. We interviewed 20 participants about their image choice and the sorts of inferences others make about their identity. Participants were asked whether they believed their image influenced the types of people who connect with them, and whether their pictorial representation affected the topics and type of communication they have with other people. Contrary to previous research on online impression management, we found that few individuals were motivated to create a specific impression by playing with different images and instead individuals were motivated to appear genuine and authentic. Only a few desired hiding behind an avatar in order to feel freer to self-disclose. We found that Facebook and Twitter were perceived as very different spaces with different affordances and that these perceived affordances influenced participants’ choice in image
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Statistics | ||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Online identities, Facebook (Firm), Avatars (Virtual reality), Twitter (Firm), Group identity | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Lecture Notes in Computer Science | ||||
Publisher: | Springer | ||||
ISSN: | 0302-9743 | ||||
Book Title: | Social Computing and Social Media | ||||
Official Date: | 2014 | ||||
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Volume: | 8531 | ||||
Page Range: | pp. 528-537 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-319-07632-4_50 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 24 April 2017 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 24 April 2017 | ||||
Conference Paper Type: | Paper |
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