Putting Your Best Face Forward: The Accuracy of Online Dating Photographs

By Jeffrey T. Hancock, Catalina L. Toma. 2009

287 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Gender Studies, Marketing

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/a5212eb2b7164dbcf1b08e6f8826f6fbfb0d3ed3

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In Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

1. Jeffrey T. Hancock
2. Catalina L. Toma
3. Jesse Fox
4. Jeffrey A. Hall
5. Namkee Park
6. Kristine L. Nowak
7. Hayeon Song
8. David M. Markowitz

In Gender Studies

1. Jeffrey T. Hancock
2. Catalina L. Toma
3. Jesse Fox
4. Kristine L. Nowak
5. Namkee Park
6. Hayeon Song

In Marketing

1. Jeffrey T. Hancock
2. Catalina L. Toma
3. Jeffrey A. Hall

Citations in the corpus

• Strategic misrepresentation in online dating: The effects of gender, self-monitoring, and personality traits (2010, background): “Gender differences in misrepresentation were also found in photographs posted in online dating sites (Hancock & Toma, 2009).”
• What Lies Beneath: The Linguistic Traces of Deception in Online Dating Profiles (2012, methodology): “For a more detailed description of this procedure, see the study by Hancock and Toma (2009).”
• Avatars and computer-mediated communication: a review of the definitions, uses, and effects of digital representations (2018, background): “For example, people often use idealized photographs of themselves on online dating sites that make them appear younger, thinner, and more attractive (Hancock & Toma, 2009).”