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“Don't Tell Us You're Handsome......Post Your Great Photo and Let It Stand”: Creating and Enforcing Credibility in Online Dating

“Don't Tell Us You're Handsome......Post Your Great Photo and Let It Stand”: Creating and Enforcing Credibility in Online Dating

Shana Kopaczewski
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781522510727|ISBN10: 1522510729|EISBN13: 9781522510734
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1072-7.ch011
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Kopaczewski, Shana. "“Don't Tell Us You're Handsome...Post Your Great Photo and Let It Stand”: Creating and Enforcing Credibility in Online Dating." Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility, edited by Moe Folk and Shawn Apostel, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 237-251. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1072-7.ch011

APA

Kopaczewski, S. (2017). “Don't Tell Us You're Handsome...Post Your Great Photo and Let It Stand”: Creating and Enforcing Credibility in Online Dating. In M. Folk & S. Apostel (Eds.), Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility (pp. 237-251). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1072-7.ch011

Chicago

Kopaczewski, Shana. "“Don't Tell Us You're Handsome...Post Your Great Photo and Let It Stand”: Creating and Enforcing Credibility in Online Dating." In Establishing and Evaluating Digital Ethos and Online Credibility, edited by Moe Folk and Shawn Apostel, 237-251. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-1072-7.ch011

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Abstract

This chapter explores the issue of credibility in online dating. 200 posts to a website called eDateReview.com were inductively analyzed. Examination of these posts revealed that online daters negotiate the potential for selective self-presentation by developing strategies for evaluating the credibility of online dating profiles which builds on established theories of self-presentation in online spaces, including the warranting principle developed by Walther and Parks (2002). These strategies include determining the credibility of the dating sites themselves, assessing the credibility of online profiles, and the demonization of dishonesty to establish norms. Implications and future research are discussed.

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