What your Facebook profile says about you

May 27, 2009

facebook image What your Facebook profile says about youJudging a book by its cover may be unwise, but online profiles are fair game, new research suggests. University students considered likeable by people that met them in real life have been found to make a similar impression on people who view their Facebook profiles.

“People who were expressive in tone of voice and facial expression were also socially expressive on Facebook. They posted a lot of pictures, they posted photo albums, they seemed to have a lot of conversations with people,” says Max Weisbuch, a psychologist at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts who led the study. link to continue
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Source:New Scientist; Journal reference: Journal of Experimental Social Psychology (DOI: 10.1016/j.esp.2008.12.009)

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