A picture is worth a thousand words: A content analysis of Facebook profile photographs

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1828-1833

  Hum, Noelle J ^a   Chamberlin, Perrin E ^a   Hambright, Brittany L ^a   Portwood, Anne C ^a   Schat, Amanda C ^a   Bevan, Jennifer L ^a  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Facebook; Gender; Online identity construction; Profile photographs

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; FACEBOOK; GENDER; GENDER ROLES; ONLINE IDENTITY; PROFILE PHOTOGRAPHS; SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES;

PHOTOGRAPHY;

SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE);

EID: 79960216866     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2011.04.003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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