TY - GEN
T1 - Strategic management of other-provided information online
T2 - 46th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2013
AU - Rui, Jian
AU - Stefanone, Michael A.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Effective self-presentation is challenging in the contemporary computer-mediated communication environment due to the abundance of other-provided information. This study compared two approaches, one that focuses on internal factors (the personality approach) and the other environmental factors (the network approach), explaining why individuals engage in strategic self-presentation to manage other-provided information on social network sites. Using an online survey (N=322) of participants from the United States and Singapore, results suggest that the two approaches work differently in different contexts, depending on the communication mode. Specifically, individuals who stake self-esteem on physical appearance and have diverse online networks are more strategic in their maintenance of other-provided information. Practical and theoretical implications about online self-presentation are provided.
AB - Effective self-presentation is challenging in the contemporary computer-mediated communication environment due to the abundance of other-provided information. This study compared two approaches, one that focuses on internal factors (the personality approach) and the other environmental factors (the network approach), explaining why individuals engage in strategic self-presentation to manage other-provided information on social network sites. Using an online survey (N=322) of participants from the United States and Singapore, results suggest that the two approaches work differently in different contexts, depending on the communication mode. Specifically, individuals who stake self-esteem on physical appearance and have diverse online networks are more strategic in their maintenance of other-provided information. Practical and theoretical implications about online self-presentation are provided.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84875513562
U2 - 10.1109/HICSS.2013.500
DO - 10.1109/HICSS.2013.500
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84875513562
SN - 9780769548920
T3 - Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
SP - 3941
EP - 3950
BT - Proceedings of the 46th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2013
Y2 - 7 January 2013 through 10 January 2013
ER -