Professional Online Profiles: The Impact of Personalization and Visual Gender Cues on Online Impression Formation

Internet access on cellular phones, after emerging as a new technology in the mid-1990s, is now a thriving activity despite the global economic recession. IDC reported smartphone sales of 1.18 billion units in 2008 (IDC, 2009), compared to the unconnected personal digital assistants approaching merely 1 million units per quarter in the second half of 2003. However, the concept of using handheld devices for wide-area data applications began 25 years prior to the beginning of the end of PDAs. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-499-8.ch010 2 more pages are available in the full version of this document, which may be purchased using the "Add to Cart" button on the product's webpage: www.igi-global.com/chapter/started-mobile-internet-devicesprevious/52414?camid=4v1 This title is available in InfoSci-Social Technologies, InfoSci-Books, BusinessTechnology-Solution, Communications, Social Science, and Healthcare, InfoSci-Select, InfoSci-Social Sciences and Online Behavior. Recommend this product to your librarian: www.igi-global.com/e-resources/library-recommendation/?id=21