Women Who Post Most Facebook Photos Value Looks

Women who base their self-worth on their looks publish more photos and maintain larger social networks on Facebook, according to a new study.

Women who base their self-worth on their looks publish more photos and maintain larger social networks on Facebook.

The study appeared in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking; lead researcher Michael A.Stefanone, of the University of Buffalo created a video synopsis of the findings that you can see at the bottom of this post. Like he says in the footage:

We were interested in seeing if these stereotypes of self-worth persisted online, and if so, how that’s affecting people’s behavior.

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