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| Title |
Choosing face: The curse of self in profile image selection
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| Published in |
Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, April 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s41235-017-0058-3 |
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| Authors |
David White, Clare A. M. Sutherland, Amy L. Burton |
| Abstract |
People draw automatic social inferences from photos of unfamiliar faces and these first impressions are associated with important real-world outcomes. Here we examine the effect of selecting online profile images on first impressions. We model the process of profile image selection by asking participants to indicate the likelihood that images of their own face ("self-selection") and of an unfamiliar face ("other-selection") would be used as profile images on key social networking sites. Across two large Internet-based studies (n = 610), in line with predictions, image selections accentuated favorable social impressions and these impressions were aligned to the social context of the networking sites. However, contrary to predictions based on people's general expertise in self-presentation, other-selected images conferred more favorable impressions than self-selected images. We conclude that people make suboptimal choices when selecting their own profile pictures, such that self-perception places important limits on facial first impressions formed by others. These results underscore the dynamic nature of person perception in real-world contexts. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 43 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 21% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 14% |
| Spain | 2 | 5% |
| Brazil | 2 | 5% |
| Ireland | 2 | 5% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| France | 1 | 2% |
| Thailand | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 9% |
| Unknown | 14 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 38 | 88% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 7% |
| Scientists | 2 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 74 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 74 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 12% |
| Professor | 4 | 5% |
| Researcher | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 16 | 22% |
| Unknown | 17 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 26 | 35% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 5% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Computer Science | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 14% |
| Unknown | 23 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 561. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 06 November 2023.
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