TY - JOUR AU - Nagarajan, Meenakshi AU - Hearst, Marti PY - 2009/03/20 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - An Examination of Language Use in Online Dating Profiles JF - Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media JA - ICWSM VL - 3 IS - 1 SE - Poster Papers DO - 10.1609/icwsm.v3i1.13994 UR - https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/ICWSM/article/view/13994 SP - 266-269 AB - <p> This paper contributes to the study of self-presentation in online dating systems by performing a factor analysis on the text portions of online profiles. Findings include a similarity in the overall factor structures between male and female profiles, including use of tentative words by men. Contrasts between sexes were also found in a cluster analysis of the profiles using their factor scores. Finally, we also found similarities in frequent words used by the gender groups. </p> ER -