A picture is worth a thousand words: A content analysis of Facebook profile photographs

• Published in: Computers in human behavior Vol. 27; no. 5; pp. 1828 - 1833
• Main Authors: Hum, Noelle J., Chamberlin, Perrin E., Hambright, Brittany L., Portwood, Anne C., Schat, Amanda C., Bevan, Jennifer L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.09.2011; Elsevier
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Coding; Colleges; Construction; Facebook; Females; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gender; Human behavior; Males; Online identity construction; Personality traits; Personality. Affectivity; Pictures; Profile photographs; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychophysiology; Sex; Sex Role Identity; Sex Roles; Social Networks; Universities; Gender; Profile photographs; Facebook; Online identity construction; Human; Sex; Personal identity; Social network; Personality; Personality development; Profile; Photography; Language; Qualitative analysis; Internet; Content analysis

► College students’ Facebook profile photographs are examined and compared by gender. ► Content analysis was used to code the 150 profile pictures for six categories. ► Profile photographs tend to be posed, inactive, appropriate, and contain only the subject. ► Profile picture albums typically conta...