First Impressions on Social Network Sites: Impact of Self-Disclosure Breadth on Attraction

dc.contributor.authorBaruh, Lemi
dc.contributor.authorCemacılar, Zeynep
dc.contributor.authorBisson, Christophe
dc.contributor.authorChisik, Yoram I.
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-27T19:14:15Z
dc.date.available2021-01-27T19:14:15Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.departmentFakülteler, Mühendislik ve Doğa Bilimleri Fakültesi, Bilgisayar Mühendisliği Bölümüen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports the results of two experiments that investigate the relationship between the quantity of information disclosed on an SNS profile and profile viewers' first impressions of the profile owner. Both experiments utilized a 2 (low quantity of information vs. high quantity of information) by 2 (male vs. female profile) design. In the first experiment (n = 1059), the respondents were randomly assigned to the experimental conditions. The results showed that profile viewers were more favorable to profiles of women. Also, both for female and male SNS profiles, higher quantity of information led to more positive ratings of the profile owner. The second experiment expanded the findings from the first experiment in two ways. First, in the second experiment (n = 320), rather than being randomly assigned to the profile gender condition, the respondents could pick the gender of the profile they would review. Second, informed by previous research on face to face interactions which indicate that quantity of self-disclosure can increase interpersonal attraction by reducing the level of uncertainty about relational outcomes, we tested whether uncertainty reduction mediated the relationship between quantity of information presented in an SNS profile and interpersonal attraction. Female profiles were selected more often than male profiles by both female and male respondents; however, there was no difference in interpersonal attraction ratings that male and female profiles received. Higher quantity of information presented in an SNS profile had a significant impact on interpersonal attraction. The results from the second experiment also indicated that while quantity of information positively influenced profile viewers' perceptions regarding the agreeableness of the profile owner, it did not have an impact on viewers' perceptions regarding the dependability of the profile owner. As predicted, the impact of quantity of information on interpersonal attraction was mediated by a reduction in uncertainty levels.en_US
dc.identifier.citation2
dc.identifier.endpage62en_US
dc.identifier.isbn9781911218463
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85028574118en_US
dc.identifier.startpage54en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12469/3752
dc.institutionauthorBisson, Christopheen_US
dc.institutionauthorA. Bısson, Chrıstophe Louıs
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Conferences and Publishing International Limiteden_US
dc.relation.journalProceedings of the 4th European Conference on Social Mediaen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKitap Bölümü - Uluslararasıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectGender-Uncertainty Reduction Theoryen_US
dc.subjectImpression Formationen_US
dc.subjectSelf-Disclosureen_US
dc.subjectSocial Network Sitesen_US
dc.titleFirst Impressions on Social Network Sites: Impact of Self-Disclosure Breadth on Attractionen_US
dc.typeBook Parten_US
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