Selective self-presentation in computer-mediated communication: Hyperpersonal dimensions of technology, language, and cognition

By Joseph B. Walther. Computers in Human Behavior, 2007

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Subfields: Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science, Human-Computer Interaction

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What Lies Beneath: The Linguistic Traces of Deception in Online Dating Profiles (2012, background): “Second, online dating profiles are composed under asynchronous and editable conditions (Walther, 2007).”
Mirror, Mirror on my Facebook Wall: Effects of Exposure to Facebook on Self-Esteem (2011, neutral): “This study is a preliminary step toward understanding how selective self-presentation processes, which have been previously discussed in the context of interpersonal impression formation, 19,20,22 may also inﬂuence impressions of the self.”
The Use of Enterprise Social Network Sites for Knowledge Sharing in Distributed Organizations (2015, background): “…Eisenberg, Rozaidi, & Gryaznova, 2015), but other affordances such as persistence and editability may result in more selective self-presentation (Walther, 2007), because the documented nature of social media interaction may limit what is shared, and the ability to edit and craft messages may…”
The interplay between Facebook use, social comparison, envy, and depression (2016, background): “SNS self-presentation is frequently motivated by impression management [16] and the presented information is positively skewed [17,18].”
Self-Censorship on Facebook (2013, background): “Furthermore, we know from (Dindia & Allen 1992) that both men and women selfdisclose more to same-sex partners, while (Walther 2007) noted that users of CMC technologies work harder and edit their writing more when it is directed at the opposite sex than at the same sex.”
The Scammers Persuasive Techniques Model Development of a Stage Model to Explain the Online Dating Romance Scam (2013, background): “For example, in some online environments, individuals develop ‘hyperpersonal relationships’—that is, more intimate relationships than would be otherwise experienced in face-to-face conditions (Walther 1996; 2007).”
Self-Generated Versus Other-Generated Statements and Impressions in Computer-Mediated Communication (2009, background): “Online venues enhance their control and enable them to communicate more deliberately (see Walther, 2007).”
The Facebook Paths to Happiness: Effects of the Number of Facebook Friends and Self-Presentation on Subjective Well-Being (2011, positive): “10,19,20 At the same time, because Facebook is inherently bound to users’ ofﬂine relationships, 7 self-presentation on Facebook tends to be more constrained than that in anonymous online environments where there are almost no restrictions on how one presents him/herself to others.”
Norms of online expressions of emotion: Comparing Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and WhatsApp (2017, positive): “At the same time, the hyperpersonal perspective (Walther, 1996, 2007) suggests that due to the control that online settings provide over one’s self-presentation, individuals more typically present themselves in a social desirable way (i.e. positively).”
The power of positivity? The influence of positive psychological capital language on crowdfunding performance (2018, background): “Further, in online written communication, where words can be carefully chosen and other forms of communication (e.g., interpersonal interactions, body language) are muted, readers are often left to form assessments “relying on language and content cues” (Walther, 2007, p. 2539).”
Judgment of the Humanness of an Interlocutor Is in the Eye of the Beholder (2011, background): “In addition, language complexity in computer-mediated communication has been related with immediacy, and perceived as an indicator of care [29].”
Digital Footprints: Opportunities and Challenges for Online Social Research (2014, background): “Differences between online and offline modes of communication have been the subject of a number of studies focusing on their comparative richness, or the bandwidth available for the transmission of verbal and visual cues (Daft & Lengel 1986, Walther 2007).”
Feeling Better But Doing Worse: Effects of Facebook Self-Presentation on Implicit Self-Esteem and Cognitive Task Performance (2013, methodology): “Recall that, according to the hyperpersonal model of online communication, Facebook users should be both motivated and able to create flattering self-presentations on their profiles through the process of selective self-presentation (Walther, 2007).”