How gender-stereotypical are selfies? A content analysis and comparison with magazine adverts

Döring, Nicola; Reif, Anne; Poeschl, Sandra

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2015.10.001

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“…Moreover, additional information would provide the analysis based on the sample consisting of people from different age groups, not only adolescents and young adults. It is also worth noting that the recent study of Döring et al (2016) demonstrated the existence of gender stereotyping in sel es. Therefore, including in the research plan psychological gender differences among those who share sel es online could bring interesting results.…”

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The dark side of social media: Associations between the Dark Triad of personality, self-disclosure online and selfie-related behaviours

Sanecka

2017

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The present study investigated the relations between the Dark Triad personality traits (i.e., Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy), distinct dimensions of self-disclosure online (i.e., honesty, amount, positive valence, and intent) and selfie related-behaviours (taking, posting and editing selfies). The results indicated, that all three Dark Triad components were positively correlated with posting and editing selfies on social networking sites (SNSs). However, multiple regression analysis demonstrated that only narcissism predicted selfie-related behaviours. Narcissism and Machiavellianism were positively related to the amount of personal information disclosed online and the tendency to self-disclose intentionally in computer-mediated communication (CMC). Moreover, we found no significant correlations between the perceived controllability of Internet communication and two types of self-promotion in the Internet (self-disclosure online and selfie-related behaviours). Our findings demonstrate the importance of analysing the "dark" personality traits in the context of self-promotional behaviours in social media.

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confidence: 97%

The dark side of social media: Associations between the Dark Triad of personality, self-disclosure online and selfie-related behaviours

Sanecka

2017

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“…Although appearing skin isn't strikingly well known, this finding remained vital. The discoveries of "skin-showing" guys share an degree of resemblance with Döring et al, (2016) in that conventional sex generalizations stay intaglio. The analyst recommends that "muscleshowing" guys lean toward to appear off their physical highlights since they assume real quality is related with the manly persona.…”

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“…It is accepted that these social standards can be what is implied by sex generalizations. Döring, Reif, & Poeschl (2016) warn that drastic simplifying cultural phenomenon drastically added with repeated practices of it would yield cumbersome social norms potential to exclude people who are unfit to the fixated categories (p. 956). Pierre Bourdieu (1977) labels this phenomenon a "cultural habitus", which is a product of an act of repeating and habitualizing a particular doing.…”

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Gender Performance Discourse on Tinder Profile Pictures in London, Uk – A Social Semiotics Study

2020

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Cyclical and bidirectional relationship(s) between technology and today’s romantic gratifications have reformed how people seek romance. On another end, gender performances largely underpin humans’ romantic gratification. This is where Tinder, as a dating application, affords unique opportunities for those seeking romances through portraying gender performances. A number of studies concluded that, in romance-seeking ventures, male’s masculinity and female’s femininity generally remained conformist to their respective biological attributes. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate nuances of gender performances portrayed in dating apps such as Tinder. Since Tinder profile picture, as a form of visual text, is a source rife with gender performance cues, this study focused on the visual component – profile pictures. Profile Picture Protocol (PPP), derived from notable social semiotics frameworks, was established. This study revealed that, albeit a major affinity towards more saturated bright colors in the observed data, color choices in profile pictures were not conclusive to determine gender performatives, mainly due to possible duality in meanings when other elements (body gestures and clothing choices) were taken into consideration. Formal clothing choices were only found in the male group, which was conformist to the previous studies. Foregrounding bodily features was evident in both male and female group’s profile pictures, which indicated that the male group also exuded an element of femininity, which leaned towards contestating the previous findings. Actors’ angles that were frontal as well as eye-level, indicated a need for social closeness and friendliness emulation, were fashionable in both gender groups, which was initially prevalent in the female group. Limitations were put forth. Keywords; profile picture; visual text, social semiotics, gender performance, Tinder ABSTRAK Hubungan siklus dan dua arah antara teknologi dan gratifikasi romantisme dewasa ini telah mengubah cara orang mencari hubungan romansa. Di sisi lain, ekspresi gender umumnya mendukung gratifikasi romantis manusia. Di sinilah Tinder, sebagai aplikasi kencan, memberikan peluang unik bagi mereka yang mencari romansa melalui ekspresi gender. Sejumlah penelitian menyimpulkan bahwa, dalam usaha pencarian romansa, maskulinitas pria dan femininitas wanita umumnya tetap mengikuti atribut biologis masing-masing. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengevaluasi ekspresi gender yang digambarkan dalam aplikasi kencan seperti Tinder. Karena gambar profil Tinder, sebagai bentuk teks visual, adalah sumber penuh dengan isyarat ekspresi gender, penelitian ini berfokus pada komponen visual - gambar profil. Profile Picture Protocol (PPP), berasal dari kerangka kerja semiotika sosial terkemuka, dikonstruksikan. Studi ini mengungkap bahwa, meskipun memiliki ketertarikan umum terhadap warna-warna cerah yang lebih jenuh pada data yang diamati, pilihan warna dalam gambar profil tidak konklusif untuk menentukan ekspkresi gender, terutama karena kemungkinan dualitas dalam makna ketika elemen lain (gerakan tubuh dan pilihan pakaian) disertakan dalam pertimbangan. Pilihan pakaian formal hanya ditemukan pada kelompok pria, yang sesuai dengan penelitian sebelumnya. Gambaran tubuh terdepan terlihat dalam gambar profil kelompok laki-laki dan perempuan, yang menunjukkan bahwa kelompok laki-laki juga memancarkan unsur feminitas, yang condong ke arah mengontestasi temuan sebelumnya. Sudut para aktor yang frontal maupun setinggi mata, mengindikasikan keinginan atas kedekatan sosial dan emulasi keramahan, yang umum di kedua kelompok gender, yang awalnya lazim di kelompok perempuan. Keterbatasan penelitian disampaikan. Kata Kunci; teks visual, Semiotika Sosial, performa gender, aplikasi berkencan.

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“…Para llevar a cabo el análisis de los productos imagen obtenidos nos apoyamos en investigaciones publicadas en los últimos años de especial relevancia por sus hallazgos sobre contenidos en formato imagen compartidos en las redes desde diferentes perspectivas (Döring, Reif & Poeschl, 2016;Hu et al, 2014;Jang, Han, Shih & Lee, 2015). Destacar la significatividad que para el estudio tuvo la aplicación de la API FACE++, testada para comprobar su utilidad real para la detección facial y posteriormente validada (Bakhshi, Shamma & Gilbert, 2014), justificándose una fiabilidad del 95% con un margen de error del 0,75%.…”

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Selfies, jóvenes y sexualidad en Instagram: representaciones del yo en formato imagen

González¹,

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2018

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Resumen: Las imágenes, en concreto las fotografías personales, son un elemento fundamental en las interacciones y auto representaciones que las personas ponen en juego en espacios de socialización digital. En este artículo se analizan algunos de los rasgos más significativos de las autofotos compartidas a través de Instagram desde una perspectiva crítica y de género, contextualizando estos resultados en un marco global que trata de ofrecer una aproximación al modelo de comunicación afectiva digital de las personas jóvenes. El estudio parte de una muestra de 403 perfiles en Instagram de chicos y chicas que durante el curso 2014-2015 cursaban 4º de E.S.O en diferentes centros educativos de Asturias. Para obtener informaciones de estos perfiles se emplearon estrategias que van desde la observación directa y el diario de campo digital hasta la aplicación de una utilidad informática que monitorizó y efectuó preanálisis de aspectos cuantificables de las imágenes recogidas. Los datos obtenidos fueron tratados de manera cualitativa siguiendo categorías descriptivas. Las evidencias arrojan conclusiones en torno a las diferencias de género detectadas entre los selfies de ellos y de ellas; la ritualidad del proceso de "hacerse un selfie" y las referencias socioculturales detectadas que aluden a una idea concreta de sexualidad. Palabras clave: Redes sociales, educación mediática, educación sexual, imagen, estereotipos de género, identidad en la red, roles sociales, jóvenes. Abstract: Images, specifically personal photographs, are key elements on interactions and selfrepresentations that people put on the line in digital socialization spaces. In this article we analize some of the most significant features about self-pictures or selfies shared on instagram, from a critical and gender perspective, contextualizing those results in a whole framework which aims to offer an approach to young people´s affective and digital communication model. The study starts from a sample of 403 profiles of boys and girls from different Asturian secondary schools on their 4º secondary compulsory course, in 2014-2015 academic year. In order to obtain information from these profiles, different strategies have been used, from direct observation and digital field diary to a computer tool called AUTOGRAM, which monitored and realized pre-analysis of measurable aspects of the collected images. The data obtained were treated in a qualitative manner, following descriptive categories. Evidences shed conclusions around the gender differences detected between boys and girls selfies, also treating the rituality of the "take a selfie" process and sociocultural references detected which point to an specific idea of sexuality.

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How gender-stereotypical are selfies? A content analysis and comparison with magazine adverts

Cited by 135 publications

References 24 publications

The dark side of social media: Associations between the Dark Triad of personality, self-disclosure online and selfie-related behaviours

The dark side of social media: Associations between the Dark Triad of personality, self-disclosure online and selfie-related behaviours

Gender Performance Discourse on Tinder Profile Pictures in London, Uk – A Social Semiotics Study

Selfies, jóvenes y sexualidad en Instagram: representaciones del yo en formato imagen

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