Forging the Link: The Role of Photographs and Textual Self-Disclosure on Forming Facebook Friendships
Year: 2012
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Users on social networking sites (SNSs) share visual and textual content which is subsequently viewed by other users that are fonning impressions in order to evaluate potential candidates for friendship. One experiment examined whether the style of photograph and amount of selfdisclosure in the me text ofa user's Facebook profile impact how willing viewers were to initiate friendship with the profile owner. Participants were shown one of six profiles that varied in photographic style (none, neutral expression, smiling expression) and amount oftext self-disclosure (low or high). Results showed that self-disclosure promoted friendship, but photograph style had no effect. This suggests that substantive textual content can be more f important than appearances when making decisions about whom to friend, even when t ! differences in perceived attractiveness are salient. l I '1 I 1
Author: Kevin Andrew Specter
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W171058544