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@article{citeulike:2198079, abstract = {This research explores how cues deposited by social partners onto one's online networking profile affect observers' impressions of the profile owner. An experiment tested the relationships between both (a) what one's associates say about a person on a social network site via "wall postings," where friends leave public messages, and (b) the physical attractiveness of one's associates reflected in the photos that accompany their wall postings on the attractiveness and credibility observers attribute to the target profile owner. Results indicated that profile owners' friends' attractiveness affected their own in an assimilative pattern. Favorable or unfavorable statements about the targets interacted with target gender: Negatively valenced messages about certain moral behaviors increased male profile owners' perceived physical attractiveness, although they caused females to be viewed as less attractive.}, address = {Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies \& Media, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; Department of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; Department of Communication Studies, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506}, author = {Walther, Joseph B. and Van Der Heide, Brandon and Kim, Sang Y. and Westerman, David and Tong, Stephanie T.}, citeulike-article-id = {2198079}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1468-2958.2007.00312.x}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.2007.00312.x}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/119404132/ABSTRACT}, doi = {10.1111/j.1468-2958.2007.00312.x}, issn = {1468-2958}, journal = {Human Communication Research}, keywords = {appearance, facebook, identity, network, reputation, signals, social}, number = {1}, pages = {28--49}, posted-at = {2008-02-08 16:46:21}, priority = {2}, title = {The Role of Friends' Appearance and Behavior on Evaluations of Individuals on Facebook: Are We Known by the Company We Keep?}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.2007.00312.x}, volume = {34}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2198079 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2198079 N2 - This research explores how cues deposited by social partners onto one’s online networking profile affect observers’ impressions of the profile owner. An experiment tested the relationships between both (a) what one’s associates say about a person on a social network site via "wall postings," where friends leave public messages, and (b) the physical attractiveness of one’s associates reflected in the photos that accompany their wall postings on the attractiveness and credibility observers attribute to the target profile owner. Results indicated that profile owners’ friends’ attractiveness affected their own in an assimilative pattern. Favorable or unfavorable statements about the targets interacted with target gender: Negatively valenced messages about certain moral behaviors increased male profile owners’ perceived physical attractiveness, although they caused females to be viewed as less attractive. IS - 1 JF - Human Communication Research SN - 1468-2958 AD - Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies & Media, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; Department of Communication, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824; Department of Communication Studies, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506 EP - 49 TI - The Role of Friends' Appearance and Behavior on Evaluations of Individuals on Facebook: Are We Known by the Company We Keep? VL - 34 SP - 28 KW - appearance KW - facebook KW - identity KW - network KW - reputation KW - signals KW - social AU - Walther, Joseph AU - Van Der Heide, Brandon AU - Kim, Sang AU - Westerman, David AU - Tong, Stephanie PY - 2008/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2958.2007.00312.x ER -