Avatars are growing in popularity and present in many interfaces used for computer-
mediated communication (CMC) including social media, e-commerce, and education …

Previous research has indicated that exposure to traditional media (ie, television, film, and
print) predicts the likelihood of internalization of a thin ideal; however, the relationship …

Abstract “Selfies”(self-taken photos) are a common self-presentation strategy on social
media. This study experimentally tested whether taking and posting selfies, with and without …

Through social media and camera phones, users enact selective self-presentation as they
choose, edit, and post photographs of themselves (such as selfies) to social networking sites …

The emergence of location-based real-time dating (LBRTD) apps such as Tinder has
introduced a new way for users to get to know potential partners nearby. The design of the …

The purpose of this study was to examine Olympic athletes' self-presentation on Instagram, a
social media outlet on which users post photographs as their primary communication …

Studies have explored the predictors of selfie-posting, but rarely investigated selfie-editing, a
virtual makeover for online self-presentation. This study, based on social comparison theory …

Research on the hyperpersonal model originally described how the substitution of language
for nonverbal cues, necessitated by text-based computer-mediated communication systems …

One stream of the series provides texts on the key methodologies used in qualitative
research. The other stream contains books on qualitative research for different disciplines or …

The seventh edition of this field-leading textbook provides an accessible and rigorous
presentation of major theories of persuasion and their applications to a variety of real-world …