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Nonverbal communication in selfies posted on Instagram: Another look at the effect of gender on vertical camera angle

BACKGROUND: Selfies are a novel social phenomenon that is gradually beginning to receive attention within the cognitive sciences. Several studies have documented biases that may be related to nonverbal communicative intentions. For instance, in selfies posted on the dating platform Tinder males but...

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Autores principales: Soranzo, Alessandro, Bruno, Nicola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7485807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32915837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238588
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description BACKGROUND: Selfies are a novel social phenomenon that is gradually beginning to receive attention within the cognitive sciences. Several studies have documented biases that may be related to nonverbal communicative intentions. For instance, in selfies posted on the dating platform Tinder males but not females prefer camera views from below (Sedgewick, Flath & Elias, 2017). We re-examined this study to assess whether this bias is confined to dating selection contexts and to compare variability between individuals and between genders. METHODS: Three raters evaluated vertical camera position in 2000 selfies– 1000 by males and 1000 by females—posted in Instagram. RESULTS: We found that the choices of camera angle do seem to vary depending on the context under which the selfies were uploaded. On Tinder, females appear more likely to choose neutral, frontal presentations than they do on Instagram, whereas males on Tinder appear more likely to opt for camera angles from below than on Instagram. CONCLUSIONS: This result confirms that the composition of selfies is constrained by factors affecting nonverbal communicative intentions.
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spelling pubmed-74858072020-09-21 Nonverbal communication in selfies posted on Instagram: Another look at the effect of gender on vertical camera angle Soranzo, Alessandro Bruno, Nicola PLoS One Research Article BACKGROUND: Selfies are a novel social phenomenon that is gradually beginning to receive attention within the cognitive sciences. Several studies have documented biases that may be related to nonverbal communicative intentions. For instance, in selfies posted on the dating platform Tinder males but not females prefer camera views from below (Sedgewick, Flath & Elias, 2017). We re-examined this study to assess whether this bias is confined to dating selection contexts and to compare variability between individuals and between genders. METHODS: Three raters evaluated vertical camera position in 2000 selfies– 1000 by males and 1000 by females—posted in Instagram. RESULTS: We found that the choices of camera angle do seem to vary depending on the context under which the selfies were uploaded. On Tinder, females appear more likely to choose neutral, frontal presentations than they do on Instagram, whereas males on Tinder appear more likely to opt for camera angles from below than on Instagram. CONCLUSIONS: This result confirms that the composition of selfies is constrained by factors affecting nonverbal communicative intentions. Public Library of Science 2020-09-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7485807/ /pubmed/32915837 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238588 Text en © 2020 Soranzo, Bruno http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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title_short Nonverbal communication in selfies posted on Instagram: Another look at the effect of gender on vertical camera angle
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7485807/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32915837
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238588
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