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

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...

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Publicado en:Communication Research Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 229 - 254
Autores principales: Walther, Joseph B., Van Der Heide, Brandon, Hamel, Lauren M., Shulman, Hillary C.
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Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. Apr2009
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