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Self-Presentation in Online Personals: The Role of Anticipated Future Interaction, Self-Disclosure, and Perceived Success in Internet Dating
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This study investigates self-disclosure in the novel context of online dating relationships. Using a national random sample of Match.com members ( N = 349), the authors tested a model of relational goals, self-disclosure, and perceived success in online dating. The authors’ findings provide support for social penetration theory and the social information processing and hyperpersonal perspectives as well as highlight the positive effect of anticipated future face-to-face interaction on online self-disclosure. The authors find that perceived online dating success is predicted by four dimensions of self-disclosure (honesty, amount, intent, and valence), although honesty has a negative effect. Furthermore, online dating experience is a strong predictor of perceived success in online dating. Additionally, the authors identify predictors of strategic success versus self-presentation success. This research extends existing theory on computer-mediated communication, self-disclosure, and relational success to the increasingly important arena of mixed-mode relationships, in which participants move from mediated to face-to-face communication.
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“Users have the benefits of both asynchronous and real-time communication (Gibbs et al., 2006).”
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“The minimal cues that were present in the platform created adaptable users (Gibbs et al., 2006; Ramirez et al., 2015).”
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“Some also mystified their selves by enhancing some qualities and deemphasizing the ones they felt were negative traits (Ellison et al., 2006; Gibbs et al., 2006; Toma et al., 2008; Toma & Carlson, 2012).”
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“I expected such a scenario as previous findings revealed that individuals who misrepresented themselves online would not reveal their deceptive ways that easily (DePaulo, Kashy, Kirkendol, Wyer, & Epstein, 1996, as cited in Toma, Hancock, & Ellison, 2008; Gibbs et al., 2006).”
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“I agree with the warnings that were written by scholars who advised users about the threats that the openness that online dating entails (Fiore, 2008; Gibbs et al., 2006) as this causes improper, unethical, and illegal online acts such as bullying, stalking, and identity theft.”
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“Thirdly, many studies claim that users of UGM create their own content for selfexpression (e.g. [48] ) [49] [50]).”
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“Indeed, this study reinforces the framework of offline modalities (e.g., Ellison et al., 2006; 2011; Gibbs et al., 2006).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Gibbs, J. L., Ellison, N. B., & Heino, R. D.
- Affiliations
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Michigan State University (US)
- Georgetown University (US)
- ORCID
- Ellison, Nicole B.
- Venue
- Communication Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2006-04
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 152-177
- ISSN
- 0093-6502 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-3810
- OpenAlex
- W1969001298
- Cited by
- 701
- References
- 81
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 29.82
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Communication Research (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Social Sciences › Linguistics and Language › Digital Communication and Language
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Keywords
- self-disclosure, online dating, self-presentation, social penetration theory, social information processing, relational goals, face-to-face interaction, computer-mediated communication
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