The real you? the role of visual cues and comment congruence in perceptions of social attractiveness from facebook profiles

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 339-344

  Hong, Seoyeon ^a   Tandoc, Edson ^a   Kim, Eunjin Anna ^a   Kim, Bokyung ^a   Wise, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL MEDIA; STUDENT;

ADULT; BEAUTY; BLOGGING; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 84863796642     PISSN: 21522715     EISSN: 21522723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2011.0511     Document Type: Review

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