Profile pictures on social media: Gender and regional differences

Wenzhi Zheng; Chih Hung Yuan; Wei Hung Chang; Yen Chun Jim Wu

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2016.06.041

Profile pictures on social media: Gender and regional differences

Wenzhi Zheng, Chih Hung Yuan, Wei Hung Chang, Yen Chun Jim Wu^*

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Abstract

Several key characteristics of social media through which users create virtual identities affect their psychological experiences. One of the most important ways for doing this is the use of the profile picture. This research is a follow-up study ofWu, Huang, and Yuan's (2015), and it further examines Taiwanese, Chinese and International students' choices of profile pictures and what their motivations are. Gender plays a role in determining the choice of profile picture. The study also found out that Taiwanese students, Chinese students, and International students are drawn towards different type of profile pictures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	891-898
Number of pages	8
Journal	Computers in Human Behavior
Volume	63
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.06.041
Publication status	Published - 2016 Oct 1

Keywords

Facebook
Gender
Motivation
Personality
Photo picture
WeChat

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Human-Computer Interaction
General Psychology

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