Literature Review
Previous research sustains the idea that woman go out of their way to be perceived a certain way online. It’s been supported that females spent more energy than males when it came to the use of profile pictures as a means of “impression management” (McAndrew, F. T., & Jeong, H. S., 2012). Although this doesn’t present a direct tie to candidness of profile pictures, it can be derived that the more candid the profile picture the more natural you want to be perceived. Rather a posed picture wants to present a calculated perception of the self to others. The fact that woman feel the need to present themselves this way to the world has been discussed by many authors and they have presented the argument that men and women fall victims to …show more content…
et al., 2016). These differences in behavior can be cause of the difference in candidness of Facebook profile pictures across genders. A candid picture depicts a real-time occurrence; it shows the subject in a natural setting. This mimics a social interaction in real-time where spontaneous behavior is taking place. Posed pictures depict an individual completely different, in fact individuals can spend countless hours thoughtfully creating the webpages on which others on social media base their impressions (Weisbuch, M., Ivcevic, Z., & Ambady, N.,2009). We can see how candidness versus posing can alter perception. This is why researchers have argued about the importance of focusing on why people use social media platforms like Facebook to promote or harm interpersonal relationships (Carpenter, C. J., 2012). Although current research on the difference in candidness between males and females has rendered insignificant data, it could be due to restrictions in sample size and randomization. Current research found no statistically significant data that a difference exists in the candidness of profile pictures between males and female Facebook users (Hum et al. 2011). This corresponds with the results found in the
Previous research sustains the idea that woman go out of their way to be perceived a certain way online. It’s been supported that females spent more energy than males when it came to the use of profile pictures as a means of “impression management” (McAndrew, F. T., & Jeong, H. S., 2012). Although this doesn’t present a direct tie to candidness of profile pictures, it can be derived that the more candid the profile picture the more natural you want to be perceived. Rather a posed picture wants to present a calculated perception of the self to others. The fact that woman feel the need to present themselves this way to the world has been discussed by many authors and they have presented the argument that men and women fall victims to …show more content…
et al., 2016). These differences in behavior can be cause of the difference in candidness of Facebook profile pictures across genders. A candid picture depicts a real-time occurrence; it shows the subject in a natural setting. This mimics a social interaction in real-time where spontaneous behavior is taking place. Posed pictures depict an individual completely different, in fact individuals can spend countless hours thoughtfully creating the webpages on which others on social media base their impressions (Weisbuch, M., Ivcevic, Z., & Ambady, N.,2009). We can see how candidness versus posing can alter perception. This is why researchers have argued about the importance of focusing on why people use social media platforms like Facebook to promote or harm interpersonal relationships (Carpenter, C. J., 2012). Although current research on the difference in candidness between males and females has rendered insignificant data, it could be due to restrictions in sample size and randomization. Current research found no statistically significant data that a difference exists in the candidness of profile pictures between males and female Facebook users (Hum et al. 2011). This corresponds with the results found in the