Exploring Online Dating in Line With the “Social Compensation” and “Rich-Get-Richer” Hypotheses

2019 ◽  
pp. 98-113
Author(s):  
Samantha Stinson ◽  
Debora Jeske
Keyword(s):  
Social Presence ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Personal Variables ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Rich

Computer-mediated communication offers a range of potentially appealing features, including selective self-presentation, social presence control, and simultaneous as well as asynchronous interaction tools. The study examines the influence of personality (introversion and extraversion) and personal variables (social anxiety and public self-consciousness) on online dating preferences from two competing perspectives: the “social compensation” (SC) hypothesis and the “rich-get-richer” (RGR) hypothesis. Survey results (N = 162) revealed that the SC and RGR hypotheses do not hold true within the context of online dating. The findings suggest a stronger role of social influence (e.g., peers) in the decision to online date. The SC and RGR hypotheses may be limited in terms of the extent to which these frameworks adequately explain this online behavior. This may also be due to the increasing popularity of online dating sites, which may make personality and personal traits less informative of whether individuals will opt to use such services.

Exploring Online Dating in Line with the “Social Compensation” and “Rich-Get-Richer” Hypotheses

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 75-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Stinson ◽  
Debora Jeske
Keyword(s):  
Social Presence ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Personal Variables ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Rich

Computer-mediated communication offers a range of potentially appealing features, including selective self-presentation, social presence control, and simultaneous as well as asynchronous interaction tools. The study examines the influence of personality (introversion and extraversion) and personal variables (social anxiety and public self-consciousness) on online dating preferences from two competing perspectives: the “social compensation” (SC) hypothesis and the “rich-get-richer” (RGR) hypothesis. Survey results (N = 162) revealed that the SC and RGR hypotheses do not hold true within the context of online dating. The findings suggest a stronger role of social influence (e.g., peers) in the decision to online date. The SC and RGR hypotheses may be limited in terms of the extent to which these frameworks adequately explain this online behavior. This may also be due to the increasing popularity of online dating sites, which may make personality and personal traits less informative of whether individuals will opt to use such services.

I Want to Know What Love Is

2017 ◽  
pp. 1-27
Author(s):  
Nava R. Silton ◽  
Alicia Ferris
Keyword(s):  
Social Presence ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Media Richness Theory ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Complex Development ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
The Rich

This chapter delves into the intricacies of liking, attraction, online dating, successful marriage and the roots of divorce to better explicate the rich, but complex development and maintenance of romantic relationships. More specifically, the chapter explores familiarity, similarity, gender, short and long-term dating intentions, trustworthiness, positive partner attraction, dominance, attachment security and other factors that pertain to attraction and liking. The chapter introduces The Cues Filtered out Theory, Social Presence Theory and Media Richness Theory, and delineates the benefits and limitations of online dating as it relates to computer-mediated communication. The chapter delineates the importance of similarity, communication and equity for successful relationships and the detriments of dissatisfaction and conflicts in unsuccessful relationships. Finally, the chapter shows how the Prepare/Enrich Program offers valuable advice for resolving conflicts, recognizing partner strengths, and creating a financially stable and productive life with one's partner.

scholarly journals Communication Practices and Social Tie Formation: A Case Study of Recreational Lifestyle Sports Cultures

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 393-413 ◽  
Author(s):  
Veera Ehrlén
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Meanings ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Communication Practices

This case study examines contemporary recreational sports practitioners’ communication practices and social tie formation from the perspective of two lifestyle sports disciplines: climbing and trail running. Online survey results from 301 climbers and trail runners from Finland indicate that computer-mediated communication (CMC) has established its place in recreational lifestyle sports cultures; however, it has not done it at the expense of face-to-face (FtF) communication. Online interaction produces weak social ties with instrumental and informative value, but physical location is essential in establishing ties with emotional and appraisal value. This paper argues that it is the sports subculture and individual practitioners’ needs that define how interaction is realized, and what importance different online and off-line communication practices have. Besides studying communication practices, this case study explores the social meanings practitioners attribute to their social contacts.

Social Presence in the Web-Based Classroom

2008 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senem Yildiz
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Social Interactions ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
The United States ◽  
Graduate Courses ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social

Social presence is a theory derived from social psychology to explain social interactions in a mediated communication and is defined as the degree to which interlocutors in a communications medium perceive each other as real. This study investigates the effect of computer-mediated communication on the social presence of international students who spoke English as a foreign language in two Web-based graduate courses offered in the United States and aims to explore how linguistic and cultural differences influenced their social presence.

Social Presence

2010 ◽  
pp. 129-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick R. Lowenthal
Keyword(s):  
Social Presence ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Major Form ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social

Learning is a social process (Harasim, 2002; Swan & Shea, 2005; Tu, 2000). Discourse plays a key role in the social process of learning (Harasim, 2002). Therefore, it is extremely important that we understand how students and teachers socially interact in online courses where asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) is the major form of discourse. Theories of social presence help explain how students and teachers interact and learn online.

Social Presence

2011 ◽  
pp. 1900-1906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick R. Lowenthal
Keyword(s):  
Social Presence ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Social Process ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Major Form ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social

Learning is a social process (Harasim, 2002; Swan & Shea, 2005; Tu, 2000). Discourse plays a key role in the social process of learning (Harasim, 2002). Therefore, it is extremely important that we understand how students and teachers socially interact in online courses where asynchronous computer-mediated communication (CMC) is the major form of discourse. Theories of social presence help explain how students and teachers interact and learn online.

To be attractive or to be authentic? How two competing motivations influence self-presentation in online dating

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 1143-1165
Author(s):  
Kun Peng
Keyword(s):  
Mate Selection ◽  
Online Dating ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Selection Processes ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Information Manipulation ◽  
Deceptive Communication

PurposeThis paper examines how and why online daters, differentiated by gender, strategically self-present in online dating profiles when pursuing two competing goals: attracting potential daters and avoiding detection as a liar.Design/methodology/approachA survey and a content analysis were employed to test four hypotheses.FindingsThe results revealed that seeking to project an attractive image in online dating was significantly associated with acquisitive self-presentation. The online daters adopted falsification more than any other strategies, and women were more likely than men to embellish their self-presentation, especially their physical appearance.Originality/valueThe findings clarify people's mate selection processes in light of the interpersonal deception theory (IDT) and the information manipulation theory (IMT) as well as take an evolutionary psychological perspective on computer-mediated communication. For practitioners, they provide a more nuanced picture of deceptive communication in online dating and, for online daters, can guide the adaptation of their online behaviors.

scholarly journals A Review on the Efficacy of Immediacy Factors towards Achieving Communication Satisfaction via Email among Academic Staff

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-241
Author(s):  
Chinedu Eugenia Anumudu ◽  
Mal-Imran Yasin ◽  
Ahmad Ghazali Akmar ◽  
Muhammad Pauzi Latif
Keyword(s):  
Social Presence ◽  
Mixed Method ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Communication Satisfaction ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Quantitative Studies ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
Computer Mediated Communications

Abstract The review paper intensively explored immediacy factors influencing communication satisfaction through asynchronous computer mediated communication mediums. Immediacy is one of the constructs of social presence theory deemed capable of compelling communication satisfaction on asynchronous computer mediated communications. It has been established in numerous related studies conducted on asynchronous virtual mediated channels. However, little or no consideration seemed to have been given to exploring these immediacy factors towards ascertaining communication satisfaction via email, as one of the asynchronous mediated communications. The need to study this via email is essential, especially towards making it more efficient since it still remained the third means of communication predominantly used for dispatching corporate issues. In this review, prompt feedback, approachability and similarity personality were the dimensions of immediacy explored in relations to the effectiveness towards attaining communication satisfaction on asynchronous virtual communications. The findings showed that these dimensions examined were capable of inspiring immediacy towards achieving communication on asynchronous computer mediated channels. Therefore, it is expected that these may equally motivate communication satisfaction via email as one of asynchronous virtual mediums. It also showed that most of the studies so far conducted were dominated by qualitative and mixed-method approaches. Few quantitative studies encountered in the review appeared lacking the capacity of generalizing the outcomes due to respondents’ poor turnout rate and inadequate sample sizes issues. Thus, empirical quantitative studies are still needed via email mode of interaction in order to resolve these issues and for revalidating the outcomes of the review.

Social Distance Increases Perceived Physical Distance

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 372-380 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Stevenson Won ◽  
Ketaki Shriram ◽  
Diana I. Tamir
Keyword(s):  
Social Distance ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Physical Distance ◽  
Spatial Distance ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Social Closeness ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social

Proximity, or spatial closeness, can generate social closeness—the closer people are together, the more they interact, affiliate, and befriend one another. Mediated communication allows people to bridge spatial distance and can increase social closeness between conversational partners, even when they are separated by distance. However, mediated communication may not always make people feel closer together. Here, we test a hypothesis derived from construal theory, about one way in which mediated communication might increase spatial distance, by imposing social distance between two texting partners. In three studies, the social distance generated by a text conversation correlated with estimates of spatial distance. Conversations designed to generate social distance increased estimates of spatial distance. We discuss this relationship in light of the rise in computer-mediated communication.

Solidarity and Rapport in Social Interaction

2011 ◽  
pp. 934-946
Author(s):  
Jung-ran Park
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Interpersonal Relationships ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Common Ground ◽  
Computer Mediated Communication ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Mediated Communication ◽  
Online Chat ◽  
Computer Mediated ◽  
The Social

This chapter examines the way online language users enhance social interaction and group collaboration through the computer mediated communication (CMC) channel. For this, discourse analysis based on the linguistic politeness theoretical framework is applied to the transcripts of a real time online chat. Analysis of the data shows that online participants employ a variety of creative devices to signal nonverbal communication cues that serve to build interpersonal solidarity and rapport, as well as by seeking common ground and by expressing agreement online participants increase mutual understanding and harmonious social interaction. This sets the tone of positive interpersonal relationships and decreases the social distance among participants. In turn, this engenders solidarity and proximity, which enhances social interaction through the CMC channel.

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