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Für kluge Menschen ist Twitter das bessere Tinder
(For smart people Twitter is better than Tinder)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 13.6.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | gender, online dating, research/study, Twitter
Summary | Online dating apps like Tinder clearly put the focus on images. Considering that many womenvalue a sense of humor very highly in a partner, people should be looking for partners on Twitter because that is where most people showcase their wit. A recent dating survery on Twitter has shown that many users are single and looking for a partner and that many follow other Twitter users out of romantic interest. Most however also report not thinking that Twitter is an appropriate platform to ask someone out on a date.
Image Description | Image of a woman in a cafe looking at her smartphone.
Image Tags | female(s), smartphone
Die Jungs von heute können einfach nicht mehr flirten
(The boys of today just can't flirt anymore)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 7.7.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | online dating, research/study, smartphone, social media, youth
Summary | Young people nowadays cannot flirt anymore. They are constantly tied to their smartphones - 57 hours per week a recent study says - and do not pay attention to what is going on around them. They are more comfortable communicating via a medium than face-to-face. Many girls lament on social media how there are no available boys. Young boys should look up form their phones more often - the girls would be grateful.
Image Description | Getty images of young men and women with and without smartphones.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s), smartphone
Sexting’s paradox: it’s just no fun
Newspaper | New York Magazine
Date | 24.2.2014
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | online dating, research/study, sexting
Summary | Many people lie when sexting, meaning that they might be having a snack in their kitchen wearing sweat pants but writing something completely different. Because sexting is so completely detached from any actual physicality the mere innuendo is enough to entertain participants, even if it does not lead to an actual orgasm. Sexting is in a way a 'shared daydream'. A recent study reports that about half of their informants had sexted even though they were not really up for it.
Image Description | Photograph of a topless woman lying on a bed on her stomach with two kittens and jeans ripped so that they reveal parts of her behind.
Image Tags | female(s)
It may be shallow and salacious, but don’t blame Tinder for online misogyny
Newspaper | The Guardian
Date | 8.4.2016
Language | English
Country | UK
Topic Tags | gender, online dating, research/study, social media, threat
Summary | A new study revealed that the dating app Tinder spreads sexism and ideals of beauty; however, according to the author of the article, such behavior is not new. The media tends to portray new technologies and new apps as responsible for numerous societal ills, thus being dangerous. This new research follows a similar discourse while blaming the dating app Tinder of misogyny. However, sexism and beauty standards also existed before the age of social media. Thus, sexist comments are not the result of new technologies/apps; they go well beyond our digital devices.
Image Description | Photograph of a smartphone with the Tinder app open; we can see parts of a woman's face and a big LIKE in green.
Image Tags | female(s), smartphone, Tinder
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