Interesting examples of trying to quantify the effects of images on actions using large datasets, statistical analysis, and data visualisation. Some of the images used are objectifying but a) of both male and female subjects b) by themselves and c) in the context of seeking a date.
http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2009/11/17/your-looks-and-online-dating/ "This week we will be confronting a fact that, by definition, haunts the average online dater: no matter how much time you spend polishing your profile, honing your IM banter, and perfecting your message introductions, it’s your picture that matters most. We’re going to look at how your photos affect both the messages you get and how successful your own outgoing messages are. We all know that beautiful people are more successful daters, but let’s quantify by exactly how much." http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/2010/01/20/the-4-big-myths-of-profile-pictures/ "In looking closely at the astonishingly wide variety of ways our users have chosen to represent themselves, we discovered much of the collective wisdom about profile pictures was wrong. For interested readers, I explain our measurement process, and how we collected our data, at the end of the post. All my bar charts are zeroed on the average picture. Now to the data." _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
