Revealing faces: Gender and cultural differences in facial prominence of selfies.

ABSTRACT: An international sample of 2754 selfies uploaded to Instagram that form part of the Selfiecity (www.selfiecity.net) research project (selfies originating from Bangkok, Berlin, London, Moscow, New York, and Sao Paolo) were examined to assess the existence of facial prominence differences in depictions of males and females and the variability of facial prominence among cultures. Results show that gender stereotypical bias resulting in greater facial prominence in depictions of men is present in selfies. The control of image creation and selection for publication by the persons presented in the images do not diminish this gender based bias. Also, when gender is controlled, significant differences exist in facial prominence among different cultures. Comparisons with various socio-cultural indi

SUBMITTER: Cus Babic N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6209219 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature