1 Institute of Psychology, University of Wolverhampton , Wolverhampton, United Kingdom .
Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw. 2015 Mar;18(3):147-51. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2014.0463.
With the emergence of Web 2.0, there has been a dramatic surge in user-generated content. Although the Internet provides greater freedom in self-presentation, computer-mediated communication is characterized by a more relaxed attitude to grammar, spelling, and punctuation. The language of the Internet, or textspeak, may be suitable for casual interactions but inappropriate in professional contexts. Participant perceptions of an author's personality were tested in two distinct contexts (formal vs. informal) and the written information was manipulated under three levels of textspeak: none, low, and high. Participants judged the author as less conscientious and less open but more emotionally stable when textspeak was used. However, context had no impact. Personality perceptions of textspeak users differ to those who write in Standard English, and this is likely to extend to informal impression management contexts (e.g., online dating). These findings also have a number of implications, for example in terms of screening applicants via social media.
随着 Web 2.0 的出现，用户生成内容急剧增加。尽管互联网提供了更大的自我表达自由，但计算机中介交流的特点是对语法、拼写和标点更加宽松。互联网语言，或文本语言，可能适合于随意的互动，但在专业环境中不合适。在两个不同的情境（正式和非正式）中测试了参与者对作者个性的感知，并且在三个文本语言级别下（无、低和高）操纵了书面信息。当使用文本语言时，参与者认为作者的责任心和开放性较低，但情绪稳定性较高。然而，情境没有影响。对使用文本语言的用户的个性感知与那些用标准英语写作的用户不同，这可能会扩展到非正式的印象管理情境（例如，在线约会）。这些发现还具有一些影响，例如通过社交媒体筛选申请人。
