Paper in Media Psychology titled: “Creativity, expectancy violations, and impression formation: effects of novelty and appropriateness in online dating profile texts.” Creativity is not universally valued when it comes to online dating. Too original profile texts, especially those that are a bit inappropriate violate expectations of what is deemed normal in online dating profiles, which makes people less attractive.
New Paper in PLOS One. We find that owners of dating profile texts that are seen as original are seen as more intelligent and as having a better sense of humor. Moreover, by combining survey research with a content analysis of profile texts, we were able to identify what makes a dating site text original.
I was interviewed by nu.nl and participated in a podcast by the VPRO about my research on online dating and online self-disclosure.
Our paper “The role of eye-contact in the development of romantic attraction: Studying interactive uncertainty reduction strategies during speed-dating” has been published in the Computers in Human Behavior.
Our new publication “Impression formation on online dating sites: The effects of language errors in profile texts on perceptions of profile owners’ attractiveness” has been featured in The Times, The Guardian and several other media outlets.
I was interviewed by Mariek Vanden Abeele about our research on online dating for Diggit, the online magazine of the Online Culture department. I give a short overview of research on online dating.
I was invited to be the keynote for the 2018 Cyberspace conference, in Brno, Czech Republic. In the keynote, I gave an overview of our research on impression management and impression formation in online dating.
In October 2018, I got interviewed by Tom Gorny from Masterflirt about my research online dating. I talked about opening sentences, the pros and cons of online dating, and much more.