‘Check Your Selfie before You Wreck Your Selfie’: Personality ratings of Instagram users as a function of self-image posts |
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| Institution: | 1. Mihaylo College of Business and Economics, California State University, Fullerton, CA, USA;2. Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA;3. Department of Business Administration, College for Academic Studies, Rishon LeẔiyyon, Israel |
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| Abstract: | This study considered the relation between self-image posts (i.e., selfies, posies) on Instagram and the personality and self-perception attributions made by unfamiliar perceivers based on those posts. Phase 1 involved 30 undergraduates who completed self-report inventories and whose Instagram posts were coded and then screenshot for the second phase. Phase 2 included 119 undergraduates from a different university. Phase 2 participants (perceivers) rated Phase 1 participants (targets) on 13 attributes (e.g., self-absorption, low self-esteem, extraversion, successfulness) based on these screenshots. Targets who posted more selfies were rated more negatively (e.g., more lonely, less successful). Although self-image posts on social media may not be clearly indicative of personality/self-perception, they may be cues for how the depicted person is perceived by others. |
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| Keywords: | Social media Selfies Narcissism Personality |
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