Online first impressions: Person perception in social media profiles

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Highlights:

• Online target impressions were assessed with qualitative and quantitative methods.

• Positive impressions of the social media target were formed based on minimal cues.

• Perceivers tended to provide gender-stereotyped impressions of the online target.

• Participants generally viewed targets as likeable and similar to themselves.

摘要

•Online target impressions were assessed with qualitative and quantitative methods.•Positive impressions of the social media target were formed based on minimal cues.•Perceivers tended to provide gender-stereotyped impressions of the online target.•Participants generally viewed targets as likeable and similar to themselves.

论文关键词:Impression formation,Computer-mediated communication,Hyperpersonal model,Social media,Social identity model of deindividuation effects,Gender stereotypes

论文评审过程:Received 1 July 2016, Revised 26 April 2017, Accepted 27 April 2017, Available online 28 April 2017, Version of Record 10 May 2017.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2017.04.056