Attributions for inconsistencies between online and offline self-presentations

Communication Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 805-825

  DeAndrea, David C ^a   Walther, Joseph B ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attribution; Facebook; folk conceptual theory of explanation; online self presentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 81055137387     PISSN: 00936502     EISSN: 15523810     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093650210385340     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. Baumeister, R. F., & Leary, M. R. (1995). The need to belong: Desire for interpersonal attachments as a fundamental human motivation. Psychological Bulletin, 117, 497-529.
2. Baym, N. K. (2009). A call for grounding in the face of blurred boundaries. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 14, 720-723.
3. Bazarova, N. N., & Hancock, J. T. (2010). From dispositional attributions to behavior motives: The folkconceptual heory and implications for communication. In C. T. Salmon (Ed.), Communication yearbook 34 (pp. 63-91). New York: Routledge.
4. Buss, A. R. (1978). Causes and reasons in attribution theory: A conceptual critique. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 1311-1321.
5. Campbell, W. K., Sedikides, C., Reeder, G. D., & Elliott, A. J. (2000). Among friends. An examination of friendship and the self-serving bias. British Journal of Social Psychology, 39, 229-239.
6. Ellison, N., Heino, R., & Gibbs, J. (2006). Managing impressions online: Self-presentation processes in the online dating environment. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 11, 415-441.
7. Ellison, N., Steinfield, C., & Lampe, C. (2007). The benefits of Facebook "friends": Social capital and college students'use of online social network sites. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 12, 1143-1168, Article 1. Retrieved September 16, 2010, from http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue4/ellison.html
8. Goffman, E. (1959). The presentation of self in everyday life. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.
9. Heider, F. (1958). The psychology of interpersonal relations. New York: Wiley.
10. Hunter, J. E., & Hamilton, M. A. (1992). CFA.BAS-A program in basic to do confirmatory factor analysis. East Lansing: Michigan State University.
11. Jones, E. E., & Nisbett, R. E. (1972). The actor and the observer: Divergent perceptions of the causes of behavior. In E. E. Jones, D. Kanouse, H. H. Kelley, R. E. Nisbett, S. Valins, & B. Weiner (Eds.), Attribution: Perceiving the causes of behavior (pp. 79-94). Morristown, NJ: General Learning Press.
12. Kelley, H. H. (1967). Attribution theory in social psychology. In D. Levine (Ed.), Nebraska symposium on motivation (Vol. 15, pp. 129-238). Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.
13. Keppel, G., & Wickens, T. D. (2004). Design and analysis. A researcher's handbook (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall.
14. Lutters, W. G. (2007, November). Research directions for social computing. Paper presented at the Group 2007 conference of the ACM, Sanibel Island, FL.
15. Malle, B. F. (1999). How people explain behavior: A new theoretical framework. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 3, 21-43.
16. Malle, B. F. (2004). How the mind explains behavior: Folk explanations, meaning, and social interaction. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
17. Malle, B. F. (2006). The actor-observer asymmetry in causal attribution: A (surprising) meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 132, 895-919.
18. Malle, B. F. (2007a). F.Ex: Coding scheme for people's folk explanations of behavior. Eugene: University of Oregon. Retrieved December 20, 2008, from http://www.uoregon.edu/~bfmalle/UOpage.html (Original work published 1998)
19. Malle, B. F. (2007b). Attributions as behavior explanations: Toward a new theory. In D. Chadee & J. Hunter (Eds.), Current themes and perspectives in social psychology (pp. 3-26). St. Augustine, Trinidad: SOCS, The University of the West Indies.
20. Malle, B. F., Knobe, J. M., & Nelson, S. E. (2007). Actor-observer asymmetries in explanations of behavior: New answers to an old question. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93, 91-514.
21. Malle, B. F., Knobe, J., O'Laughlin, M. J., Pearce, G. E., & Nelson, S. E. (2000). Conceptual structure and social functions of behavior explanations: Beyond person-situation attributions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79, 309-326.
22. Manusov, V., & Spitzberg, B. H. (2008). Attributes of attribution theory: Finding good cause in the search for theory. In D. O. Braithewaite & L. A. Baxter (Eds.), Engaging theories in interpersonal communication (pp. 37-49). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
23. McCornack, S. A., Levine, T. R., Solowczuk, K. A., Torres, H. I., & Campbell, D. M. (1992). When the alteration of information is viewed as deception: An empirical test of information manipulation theory. Communication Monographs, 59, 17-29.
24. McCroskey, J. C., & Teven, J. J. (1999). Goodwill: A re-examination of the construct and its measurement. Communication Monographs, 66, 90-103.
25. Newcomb, T. M. (1968). Interpersonal balance. In R. P. Abelson, E. Aronson, W. J. McGuire, T. M. Newcomb, M. J. Rosenberg, & P. H. Tannenbaum (Eds.), Theories of cognitive consistency: A sourcebook (pp. 28-51). Chicago: Rand McNally.
26. O'Sullivan, P. B. (2000). What you don't know won't hurt me: Impression management functions of communication channels in relationships. Human Communication Research, 26, 403-431.
27. Rosenthal, R., & Rosnow, R. L. (1985). Contrast analysis: Focused comparisons in the analysis of variance. New York: Cambridge University Press.
28. Schlenker, B. R. (1975). Self-presentation: Managing the impression of when reality interferes with selfenhancement. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 32, 1030-1037.
29. Schlenker, B. R., & Britt, T. W. (1999). Beneficial impression management: Strategically controlling information to help friends. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 559-573.
30. Schlenker, B. R., & Weigold, M. F. (1992). Interpersonal processes involving impression regulation and management. Annual Review of Psychology, 43, 133-168.
31. Shultz, T. R., & Wright, K. (1985). Concepts of negligence and intention in the assignment of moral responsibility. Canadian Journal of Behavioral Science, 17, 97-108.
32. Tice, D. M, Butler, J. L., Muraven, M. B., & Stillwell, A. M. (1995). When modesty prevails: Differential favorability of self-presentation to friends and strangers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 1120-1138.
33. Toma, C. L., Hancock, J. T., & Ellison, N. B. (2008). Separating fact from fiction: An examination of deceptive self-presentation in online dating profiles. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1023-1036.
34. Tong, S. T., Van Der Heide, B., Langwell, L., & Walther, J. B. (2008). Too much of a good thing? The relationship between number of friends and interpersonal impressions on Facebook. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13, 531-549.
35. Walther, J. B. (1996). Computer-mediated communication: Impersonal, interpersonal, and hyperpersonal interaction. Communication Research, 23, 3-43.
36. Walther, J. B., Van Der Heide, B., Hamel, L., & Shulman, H. (2009). Self-generated versus other-generated statements and impressions in computer-mediated communication: A test of warranting theory using Facebook. Communication Research, 36, 229-253.
37. Walther, J. B., Van Der Heide, B., Kim, S., Westerman, D., & Tong, S. T. (2008). The role of friends'appearance and behavior on evaluations of individuals on Facebook: Are we known by the company we keep? Human Communication Research, 34, 28-49.
38. Whitty, M. (2008). The joys of online dating. In E. A. Konijn, S. Utz, M. Tanis, & S. B. Barnes (Eds.), Mediated interpersonal communication (pp. 234-251). New York: Taylor & Francis/Routledge.