Revealing the 'real' me, searching for the 'actual' you: Presentations of self on an internet dating site

By Monica T. Whitty. Computers in Human Behavior, 2008

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Marketing

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Negotiating With Gender Stereotypes on Social Networking Sites (2013, background): “Whitty (2008) found that the use of “glamor shots” is common because it facilitates the presentation of an idealized self that is sexually attractive.”
Online Dating in Middle and Later Life (2014, background): “…popularity of online dating has surged across age groups since its emergence nearly two decades ago (Rosenfeld & Thomas, 2012); however, research on this phenomenon tends to focus on young to middle-aged adults (Barraket & Henry-Waring, 2008; Toma, Hancock, & Ellison, 2008; Whitty, 2008).”
First Comes Love, Then Comes Google: An Investigation of Uncertainty Reduction Strategies and Self-Disclosure in Online Dating (2011, background): “Prior to the first face-to-face meeting, online dating participants may use other means of technology (such as email or telephone calls) to try to verify information about a target person (Whitty, 2008).”
My Chatbot Companion - a Study of Human-Chatbot Relationships (2021, background): “Self-disclosure is important to relationship building and is typically described as a mutual process (Altman et al., 1981; Whitty, 2008).”
Constructing the Self through the Photo selection - Visual Impression Management on Social Networking Websites (2009, result): “More girls than boys in my sample emphasised the need to look beautiful on the photos, the finding of which coincides with a number of other studies (e.g. Strano, 2008; Whitty, 2008).”
Relationshopping: Investigating the market metaphor in online dating (2010, unknown): “Self-presentation in CMC, and more specifically in online dating, allows for more controlled and selective selfpresentation in which individuals highlight their most attractive resources and deemphasize negative attributes (Ellison, Heino, & Gibbs, 2006; Gibbs, Ellison, & Heino, 2006; Walther, 1996;”
On the differences between Tinder™ versus online dating agencies: Questioning a myth. An exploratory study (2016, unknown): “…of individuals’ attitudes to online dating (e.g. Donn & Sherman, 2002), and also of deception and self-presentation online (e.g. Ellison, Hancock, & Toma, 2012; Guadagno, Okdie, & Kruse, 2012; Hall, Park, Song, & Cody, 2010; Toma & Hancock, 2010, 2012; Toma, Hancock, & Ellison, 2008; Whitty, 2008).”