Full Description
The use of online matchmaking has increased dramatically over recent years and has become a popular means for individuals to find an intimate partner. While such online services have increased, the inherent variations across the different types of consumers and service providers have outpaced researchers' understanding of them. Further, the consequences of such services, for both individuals and the larger society, remain largely unknown. This edited volume features scholars around the globe to address the nature and complexities of online matchmaking.
Looking specifically at online dating and its intersections with family life, topics covered in the chapters include those such as online dating and social skills, the consequences of mismatches in online matchmaking, the demography of online matchmaking, relationship development in the online realm, the impact of online matchmaking on marital quality and marital duration, sexual orientation and online matchmaking, and other related issues.
Providing an international view, An Examination of Mate Selection in the Online Realm is appealing reading for scholars of family sociology, media sociology and youth studies.
Contents
Chapter 1. Perceived Online Dating Success and Commitment Orientation: Indirect Associations in Single and Partnered Individuals; Bruna Nascimento, Xiancai Cao, Alya Terzioglu, Sofiah Rei Ong, and Matthew May
Chapter 2. The Media Trap: How Pornography and Social Media Sexual Content Distort Intimacy and Relationship Satisfaction; Aparna Vajpayee
Chapter 3. Performing Gender Identity through Digital Interfaces: Comparing Self-Presentation Practices between Queer and Heterosexual Dating App Users; Elisa Rossi and Jessica Pidoux
Chapter 4. Configurations of Ambiguous Intimacies: Situationships in the Philippines; Paul Garret P. Dado and Jade Harley C. Bretaña
Chapter 5. Digital Matchmaking in India: Dating, Courtship and Marriage; Y. Gunjan Ramraj
Chapter 6. Education, Marriage Market and the Urban Middle-Classes in India: Understanding Strategies and Functioning of Education-Based Matrimonial Services; Sangita Dutta
Chapter 7. Swipe for Heartfelt Connections: Examining the Relationship between Online Dating and Physiological Health; Hannah Grace Lee, Louden Masters, and Michael R. Langlais
Chapter 8. The Influence of "What Will They Say" on Preferences Expressed by Participants in a Spanish Radio Speed-Dating Program; Carlos Carvajal-Martín and Carmen Maíz-Arévalo
Chapter 9. Swipe Right for Design Justice? Exploring Interventions to Foster Inclusivity on Dating Apps; Ainhoa Arranz Aldana
Chapter 10. Swipe, Reward, Repeat: Gamification, Intimacy, and Emotional Labour in Digital Dating; Emma Taylor
Chapter 11. Why Do Dating Apps Feel Depressing? A Personal Culture Perspective to the Psychological Risks in Online Mate Selection; Junwen M. Hu and Joseph Taylor Nickalo
Chapter 12. The Digitalization of Dating Dynamics: Recent Trends and Future Directions; Femke Konings
