scholarly journals Homogamy and the Internet: Can Online Dating Sites Help Us Understand Assortative Mating?

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (16) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Markéta Šetinová
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
The Internet

scholarly journals Online Exogamy Reconsidered: Estimating the Internet’s Effects on Racial, Educational, Religious, Political and Age Assortative Mating

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reuben J. Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Assortative Mating ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Primary Source ◽  
Population Level ◽  
The Internet ◽  
College Degree ◽  
Clear Effect ◽  
Online Sources ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Unique Dataset

Increases in the rates of interracial and interreligious couples within the U.S. have occurred seemingly in tandem with the rise of the Internet and online dating, but the evidence connecting online sources of romance and couple heterogeneity have been limited and mixed. Using a unique dataset collected in 2009 and again in 2017 on how U.S. couples met, and controlling for the diversity of their local geographies, I find that couples who met online are more likely to be interracial, interreligious, and of different college degree status, but also more similar in age. These differences can vary by where on the Internet couples met, with online dating websites and apps showing a clear effect on increased age assortativity, while other online sources of partners do not. Population-level estimates suggests that only a small part of the recent changes in couple diversity can be directly attributed to couples meeting online, but there is the potential for more Internet-induced change if it becomes the primary source of romantic introductions.

Exploring How Beliefs About Algorithms Shape (Offline) Success in Online Dating: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Investigation

2020 ◽  
pp. 009365021989693
Author(s):  
Liesel L. Sharabi
Keyword(s):  
Survey Data ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Central Feature ◽  
Matching Process ◽  
Longitudinal Investigation ◽  
Longitudinal Survey Data ◽  
People’S Perceptions

Matching algorithms are a central feature of online dating, yet little research exists on their effectiveness—or people’s perceptions of their effectiveness—for recommending a mate. Accordingly, this study explores the effects of people’s beliefs in the legitimacy of algorithms on their first date with an online dating partner. Longitudinal survey data were collected from online dating participants leading up to and following the first date. Findings suggested that whether algorithms actually worked mattered less than whether participants had the perception that they worked for finding a partner. Moreover, participants reported better first dates to the extent that they believed in the efficacy of the compatibility matching process. The results have implications for understanding the role of algorithms in shaping relationship success on and off the internet.

The Trouble With Tinder

2022 ◽  
pp. 1651-1670
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Mazur
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Step Process ◽  
Dating Apps ◽  
Disability Stigma ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The U.S

Although research indicates that almost all emerging adults in the U.S. use the internet, little is known about the online dating experiences of persons with disabilities. Particularly in developed countries, online dating currently accounts for a substantial proportion of the initiation of romantic relationships and promises numerous advantages for persons with disabilities. Online dating includes a way to escape disability stigma, at least initially, access to a wide network of potential partners, and a convenient, private, and efficient method of meeting them. Online daters can be strategic in how they present both themselves and their disabilities, the manner in which they communicate with potential partners, and whether they join a large, popular dating site or a specialized disability-oriented one. The chapter discusses how the nine-step process of online dating might differ for or challenge emerging adults with various types of disabilities, sharing relevant research and media examples when available. The implications of popular mobile dating apps are also considered.

scholarly journals Ways of Masculinity in Online Dating Profiles: the Cases of Meetic.es and AdoptaUnTio.es

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 196
Author(s):  
Eva Espinar-Ruiz ◽  
Ismael Ocampo
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Gender Relations ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Research Area ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Virtual Spaces ◽  
Research Areas ◽  
Traditional Masculinity ◽  
The Way

The analysis of masculinity has been a topic of growing interest in recent decades. Its study has incorporated a wide and diverse range of research areas and themes, including the representation of gender relations and identities on the Internet. Specifically, this article concerns the research area related to online dating websites and aims to compare the principal current tendencies related to identity -as provided by research on masculinity- with the way that men present themselves on two Spanish dating websites: Meetic.es and AdoptaUnTio.es. These types of virtual spaces have specific characteristics that facilitate the analysis of the masculine ideal among their users; or at least the characteristics that these men consider attractive to women. This research was carried out through a qualitative analysis supported by Atlas-ti. The principal results highlight the presence of traces of the so called egalitarian masculinity within predominant forms of traditional masculinity, characterized by a minimal process of reflection and introspection on the part of users of these websites. 

scholarly journals Peran Media Massa dan Teknologi dalam Transformasi Keintiman di Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-19
Author(s):  
Rinta Arina Manasikana ◽  
Ratna Noviani
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Active Role ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Current Development ◽  
Patriarchal Culture ◽  
Anthony Giddens ◽  
Media And Technology ◽  
The Way

This research aimed to identify how the current development in technology and mass media is affecting the form and the way people fulfill intimacy in Indonesia by using Anthony Giddens' concept of intimacy transformation. In his book The Transformation of Intimacy Sexuality, Love, and Eroticism in Modern Societies (1992), Giddens stated that there are changes in intimacy relations in society from time to time which are influenced by the pace of modernity. This research showed that there are influences from mass media and technology in changing concept of intimacy and how to fulfill it in society, where previously only recognizing the concept of matchmaking and marriage as way to fulfill it, are now beginning to shift in other ways, such as the use of matchmaking columns in mass media, online dating applications, to the internet and games. However, patriarchal culture is something that still limits change with all existing stereotypes and rules, especially for women. This reflected in the negative stigma of their active role and the potential for sexual harassment in cyberspace when fulfilling intimacy. Keywords: mass media, intimacy, transformation of intimacy, Anthony Giddens

The Trouble With Tinder

2020 ◽  
pp. 99-118
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Mazur
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Adults ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Step Process ◽  
Dating Apps ◽  
Disability Stigma ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The U.S

Although research indicates that almost all emerging adults in the U.S. use the internet, little is known about the online dating experiences of persons with disabilities. Particularly in developed countries, online dating currently accounts for a substantial proportion of the initiation of romantic relationships and promises numerous advantages for persons with disabilities. Online dating includes a way to escape disability stigma, at least initially, access to a wide network of potential partners, and a convenient, private, and efficient method of meeting them. Online daters can be strategic in how they present both themselves and their disabilities, the manner in which they communicate with potential partners, and whether they join a large, popular dating site or a specialized disability-oriented one. The chapter discusses how the nine-step process of online dating might differ for or challenge emerging adults with various types of disabilities, sharing relevant research and media examples when available. The implications of popular mobile dating apps are also considered.

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.

scholarly journals Technisch generalisierte Kommunikationsmedien. Kommunikation im Medium der Adresslisten

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jörg Räwel
Keyword(s):  
System Theory ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Business Community ◽  
Soziale Netzwerke ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Soziale Medien

Aus systemtheoretischer Perspektive wird die Form adresslistenbasierter Kommunikation, wie sie das Internet ermöglicht – oft unter «soziale Medien» bzw. «soziale Netzwerke» kategorisiert –, untersucht. Kommunikation also etwa in Singlebörsen, sozialen Medien wie Facebook, Netzwerken beruflicher Ausrichtung, Reisekontaktbörsen, usw. Es wird gezeigt, wie Adresslisten als Medien eine technisch unterstützte Möglichkeit darstellen, das Problem doppelter Kontingenz, im Sinne von Initiative und Stabilisierung von Interaktionssystemen, zu bewältigen. Am Fallbeispiel der Anbahnung von (romantischer) Liebe, also in Bezug auf Singlebörsen, werden die Vorteile (Hoffnungen), wie auch die Nachteile (Enttäuschungen) von Adresslistenkommunikation erörtert. So wird nachgewiesen, dass hier zwar einerseits das Problem der Initiative bewältigt werden kann, aber Adresslistenkommunikation anderseits Probleme für die Kontinuität bzw. Stabilität von Interaktionssystemen innerhalb des symbolisch generalisierten Kommunikationsmediums Liebe induziert. Nicht zuletzt wird gezeigt, dass durch Adresslisten reputationsorientierte Kommunikation an Bedeutung gewinnt.From a system-theory perspective, the form of address list based communication, as made possible by the Internet – often categorized under “social media” or “social networks” – is analyzed. Examples of address-list based communication are online dating services, online social networking sites such as Facebook, networking sites for the business community, travel networking sites, etc. The paper theorizes how address-lists as media represent a technologically supported possibility to cope with the problem of double contingency in terms of initiative and stabilization of interaction systems. The paper addresses, as a case example, the advantages (hopefulness) and the disadvantages (disappointments) of address-list based communication in the initiation of love or romantic relationships. Thus, it shows that the problem of initiative can be overcome, but address list communication creates problems for the continuity or stability of interaction systems within love as a symbolically generalized medium of communication. Last, but not least, it shows that address lists increase the importance of reputation-oriented communication.

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