Self-Generated Versus Other-Generated Statements and Impressions in Computer-Mediated Communication : A Test of Warranting Theory Using Facebook  

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Walther, Joseph B. ; Heide, Brandon Van Der ; Hamel, Lauren M. ; Shulman, Hilary C.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Communication Research vol. 36 no. 2 (Apr. 2009), page 229-253.
Topik: computer-mediated communication; warranting; Facebook; negativity; impression formation
Fulltext: Vol 36, no (2), page 229-253.pdf (230.59KB)

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The warranting principle pertains to impression formation in Internet communication. It posits that perceivers’ judgments about a target rely more heavily on information which the targets themselves cannot manipulate than on self-descriptions. Two experiments employed mock-up profiles resembling the Internet site, Facebook, to display selfgenerated clues and to display other-generated clues about a Facebook user. The first experiment (N = 115) tested perceptions of extraversion. Although warranting was supported, rival explanations (negativity and additivity) also pertained. The second experiment (N = 125) tested perceptions of physical attractiveness. Friends’ comments overrode self-comments, supporting warranting theory exclusively. Implications concern boundary-setting research for warranting, and potential effects of social comments on a variety of new information forms.

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