Profile as promise: A framework for conceptualizing veracity in online dating self-presentations

New Media and Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 45-62

  Ellison, Nicole B ^a   Hancock, Jeffrey T ^b   Toma, Catalina L ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

asynchronicity; common ground; deception; hyperpersonal; identity; online dating; profile; self presentation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857679764     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444811410395     Document Type: Article

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