A picture is a thousand inferences: First impressions and mate selection in the internet dating market

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Olivola ◽  
Alexander Todorov ◽  
Ali Hortacsu ◽  
Dan Ariely
Keyword(s):  
Mate Selection ◽  
First Impressions ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Dating

scholarly journals Wer nutzt Internetkontaktbörsen in Deutschland?

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 271-292
Author(s):  
Florian Schulz ◽  
Jan Skopek ◽  
Doreen Klein ◽  
Andreas Schmitz
Keyword(s):  
Digital Divide ◽  
Mate Selection ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Marriage Market ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Internet Dating ◽  
Online Study ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Selection Research ◽  
Representative National Sample

This paper seeks to identify, who is using online dating sites in Germany. Theoretically, it is drawn on the debate about the digital divide of society and the findings of sociological mate selection research. Several hypotheses are presented on how individuals using internet dating vary in socioeconomic and demographic characteristics. These considerations are then tested empirically, using the data of the ARD/ZDF-Online Study 2007, a representative national sample of internet behaviour in Germany. Compared to the total population, the results show that online daters are rather male, younger, higher educated and live in households with a higher income. Compared to all internet users, online daters are also rather male, younger and living in single households; however, lower educated individuals are slightly overrepresented. Our work contributes to the research by showing that the propensity of men and women to participate in online dating depends on their individual perspectives at the marriage market. Particularly higher educated women and lower educated men belong to those groups that try to extend their pool of partners by using dating sites. Zusammenfassung Der Aufsatz stellt die Frage, wer in Deutschland die Möglichkeit der internetgestützten Partnersuche nutzt. Ausgehend von der Debatte um digitale Ungleichheiten werden in Auseinandersetzung mit den Erkenntnissen der soziologischen Partnerwahlforschung theoretische Hypothesen formuliert, nach welchen sozialstrukturellen Merkmalen die Teilnahme am Onlinedating variiert. Diese Überlegungen werden auf Basis der Daten der ARD/ZDF-Onlinestudie 2007, einer für Deutschland repräsentativen Erhebung zur Internetnutzung, empirisch geprüft. Verglichen mit der Gesamtbevölkerung zeigt sich, dass die Onlinedater eher männlich, jünger und höher gebildet sind, sowie tendenziell in Haushalten mit höherem Einkommen leben. Verglichen mit den Internetnutzern sind die Onlinedater wiederum eher männlich, jünger und alleinwohnend; allerdings sind hier niedriger gebildete Personen leicht überrepräsentiert. In Erweiterung zu früheren Untersuchungen zeigen unsere Ergebnisse, dass die Neigung von Männern und Frauen, am Onlinedating teilzunehmen, von ihren jeweiligen Perspektiven am Heiratsmarkt abhängig ist. Vor allem höher gebildete Frauen und niedrig gebildete Männer gehören dabei zu den Gruppen, die durch die Nutzung von Online-Kontaktbörsen ihre Partnersuche ausweiten.

Disruption or reproduction? Nativity, gender and online dating in Canada

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yue Qian
Keyword(s):  
Mate Selection ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Romantic Partners ◽  
Search Theory ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Gender Differentials ◽  
And Gender

PurposeThe spread of the Internet has transformed the dating landscape. Given the increasing popularity of online dating and rising immigration to Canada, this study takes an intersectional lens to examine nativity and gender differentials in heterosexual online dating.Design/methodology/approachIn 2018, a random-digit-dial telephone survey was conducted in Canada. Logistic regression models were used to analyze original data from this survey (N = 1,373).FindingsResults show that immigrants are more likely than native-born people to have used online dating in Canada, possibly because international relocation makes it more difficult for immigrants to meet romantic partners in other ways. In online-to-offline transitions, both native-born and immigrant online daters follow gendered scripts where men ask women out for a first date. Finally, immigrant men, who likely have disadvantaged positions in offline dating markets, also experience the least success in finding a long-term partner online.Originality/valueExtending search theory of relationship formation to online dating, this study advances the understanding of change and continuity in gendered rituals and mate-selection processes in the digital and globalization era. Integrating search theory and intersectionality theory, this study highlights the efficiency of using the Internet to search for romantic partners and the socially constructed hierarchy of desirability as interrelated mechanisms that produce divergent online dating outcomes across social groups. Internet dating, instead of acting as an agent of social change, may reproduce normative dating practices and existing hierarchies of desirability.

Life beyond the Screen: Embodiment and Identity through the Internet

2002 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 570-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hardey
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Dating ◽  
Late Modernity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
On Line ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Virtual Interactions

This paper explores on-line and off-line identities and how relationship are formed and negotiated within internet environments that offer opportunities to meet people on-line and move into relationship off-line. To do this it draws on an analysis of users experiences of internet dating sites that are designed for those who wish meet others in the hope of forming an intimate relationship. Locating analyses in the context of the individualized sociability of late modernity, it is argued that virtual interactions may be shaped by and grounded in the social, bodily and cultural experiences of users. It is shown that disembodied anonymity that characterizes the internet acts as a foundation for the building of trust and establishing real world relationship rather than the construction of fantasy selves. The paper concludes with a discussion of the wider significance of this for understanding disembodied identities and interactions and the impact of cyberspace on off-line sociability.

scholarly journals Relationship Compatibility, Compatible Matches, and Compatibility Matching

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Sprecher
Keyword(s):  
Final Section ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Dating ◽  
The Relationship

Many leading Internet dating sites claim to be able to find compatible matches for singles, and that they use principles from Relationship Science to generate their matching algorithms. In this article, I first discuss how ―relationship compatibility‖ has been studied in Relationship Science. It is generally not directly studied, but inferred from related constructs, including satisfaction, commitment, and endurance of the relationship. Second, I discuss three principles that are referred to in Relationship Science as defining a pair being a ―compatible match.‖ These principles are similarity, complementarity, and matching (on same level of socially desirable characteristics, regardless of whether they are the same or different between partners). In the final section, I discuss what aspects of science are being used at the Internet dating sites to create compatible matches.

scholarly journals Naturally Blocking Module Responses to Find Ideal Partner: Study Check with Long Timeboringcouple Affiliated To Unexpected Pharmacy Intuitions in India

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Rahul Hajare ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Dating ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Dating

Poor and poorest can engage in dating. Date fun and novel, ideally can choose a partner from another generation.Dating has fun regardless of a person’s age.Today, there are men and even women who date in their 50s. And many look forward to a date with the same feeling of excitement they had when they were much younger.While the institution of marriage may not be as hallowed as it had been a few decades ago, dating has more popular than ever.Since the growth of the internet, dating has come offline. More people are dating those they met online than ever before.This is not a trend; online dating has how more and more relationships will be forged in the decades ahead.There are a few ways to improve the chances that date with someone a person meets online will be spectacular.

When online becomes offline: attitudes to safer sex practices in older and younger women using an Australian internet dating service

Sexual Health ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah J. Bateson ◽  
Edith Weisberg ◽  
Kirsten J. McCaffery ◽  
Georgina M. Luscombe
Keyword(s):  
Older Women ◽  
Safer Sex ◽  
Sexual Partners ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Dating ◽  
Younger Women ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Sexually Transmissible Infections ◽  
Safer Sex Practices ◽  
Sex Practices

Background The prevalence of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) is increasing among older Australian women, partly due to re-partnering after divorce or death of a spouse. Older women may be less likely to use condoms with new sexual partners, exposing themselves to STIs. An online survey compared characteristics of internet dating women aged 40 and above with 18 to 39 year olds, and determined the factors associated with protective safer sex attitudes. Methods: An email directed women who had logged onto the internet dating service ‘RSVP’ in the previous 6 months to a survey hosted by Family Planning New South Wales. The survey explored demographic factors, STI-related knowledge and attitudes towards safer sex practices. Factors associated with discussing STIs before sex and refusing sex without a condom with a new partner were analysed using logistic regression. Results: The questionnaire was completed by 1788 women. Almost two-thirds (62.2%) were aged 40 or over. The majority (64.8%) were seeking a long-term partner. In the previous year, 41.5% of all women met a new sexual partner via the internet. Women aged >40 years were significantly more likely to discuss STIs with a new partner but less likely to refuse sex without a condom compared with younger women. Conclusions: The internet is a useful venue for women of all ages to meet new sexual partners. Older women are vulnerable to STI acquisition through failure to use condoms with a new partner. Research is needed to determine effective interventions to increase condom use in this age group.

Life Beyond the Screen: Embodiment and Identity through the Internet

2002 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 570-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hardey
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Intimate Relationship ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Dating ◽  
Late Modernity ◽  
The Social ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Virtual Interactions

This paper explores online and off-line identities and how relationships are formed and negotiated within internet environments that offer opportunities to meet people online and move into relationships off-line. To do this it draws on an analysis of users experiences of internet dating sites that are designed for those who wish meet others in the hope of forming an intimate relationship. Locating analyses in the context of the individualised sociability of late modernity, it is argued that virtual interactions may be shaped by and grounded in the social, bodily and cultural experiences of users. It is shown that disembodied anonymity that characterises the internet acts as a foundation for the building of trust and establishing real world relationships rather than the construction of fantasy selves. The paper concludes with a discussion of the wider significance of this for understanding disembodied identities and interactions and the impact of cyberspace on off-line sociability.

scholarly journals Studying the Meta-Accuracy First Impressions in the Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Reality: Challenges and Opportunities Presented by Internet Research

E-methodology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 140-150
Author(s):  
ELENA TSANKOVA ◽  
ERGYUL TAIR
Keyword(s):  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Human Interaction ◽  
Synchronous Communication ◽  
First Impressions ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
First Impression ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Internet Study

Aim. Studying first impressions meta-accuracy (how accurately we understand thefirst impressions others form about us) is central to enhancing the communication process.It typically requires experimental settings with at least minimal interactions between targets and perceivers. The COVID-19 pandemic has rendered face-to-face laboratory setupsalmost impossible. Fortunately, the Internet offers a virtual environment where the metaaccuracy of first impressions could be studied safely. We review the opportunities andchallenges associated with the Internet study of meta-accuracy and make a call for actionto address them.Concept. In certain ways the Internet facilitates the study of first impressions metaaccuracy. It is simpler and faster online, compared to the lab, to look at fi rst impressionsin asynchronous settings, such as email and social media updates, where targets presentthemselves via images and/or text and perceivers later form impressions based on thisinformation. The Internet research solution, however, also comes with an array of difficulties. Synchronous communication settings, where targets and perceivers exchange information without delay, (e.g., instant messaging), present three major types of challenges tostudy of first impression meta-accuracy—conceptual (e.g., differences between online andoffline first impression situations), technological (e.g., implementation of chat applications inInternet surveys), and policy-driven (e.g., GDPR).Conclusions. The opportunities and challenges presented by the Internet in the studyof first impression meta-accuracy also apply to the larger field of studying human interaction online. Discussing and addressing them has the potential to enhance Internet researchtools and practices for the humanities and social sciences.

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