An Examination of Mate Selection in the Online Realm
Dating, Sex, and Marriage
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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.
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
Sampson Lee Blair is a Family Sociologist and Demographer at The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA. A Fulbright Scholar Award recipient, he has served as Chair of the Children and Youth research section of the American Sociological Association and Vice-President of the Research Committee on Youth in the International Sociological Association.
Christina L. Scott is Professor of Psychology at Whittier College, Los Angeles, USA. Her program of research has spanned a range of topics including attitudes about single mothers by choice and undergraduate sexual decision making.
Yiqing Gan is an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Social Sciences, Fudan University, People’s Republic of China. Her primary research areas comprise marriage and fertility, with particular emphasis on the underlying values and their transformation, international and domestic migration, and neighbourhood studies.