Presentation and Perception on Online Dating Sites: Interview with Joseph Walther
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Recorded:
10 December 2011
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Duration:
00:04:11
About this video
In conversation with Nicole Ellison, Joseph Walther describes the hyperpersonal model and its relevance to the study of online dating. He explains how the ‘idealisation’ of both perception and presentation online can facilitate our natural processes of selection, but also suggests that the specific presentational affordances of computer mediated communication may have unforeseen (and likely troublesome) consequences when individuals finally meet.
About the speaker
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Professor Joseph B. Walther
Michigan State University -
Dr Nicole Ellison
Michigan State University
