Number of Posts: 6
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Texting With Boys
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 10.6.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | gender, online dating, texting
Summary | The author loves how the digital age has changes dating enabling romantic interests to communicate mainly via text messages, despite the widespread opinion that cell phones have killed romance. However, many men prefer women to be good listeners in person and via text message and lose interest when women text them music and books recommendations.
Image Description | A GIF of the response being typed symbol known from messaging apps (speech bubble and ellipses).
Image Tags | gifs
I swiped right and got a life coach, not a life partner
Newspaper | Los Angeles Times
Date | 6.4.2017
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | (mental) health, online dating, smartphone, social media
Summary | The author of the article met a life coach/texting buddy on Tinder. They have now been texting each other for two years, and they have never met. Her life coach, a young Syrian man, regularly gives her tips about relaxation, meditation, and breathing. She likes the fact that her "therapist" is digitally accessible 24 hours a day.
Image Description | Illustration of a laptop and two hands touching each other
Image Tags | computer/laptop, hand(s), keyboard
How A Man Falls In Love
Newspaper | The New York Times
Date | 9.9.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | online dating, texting
Summary | Two stories of men who fell in love on dating apps. One on Tinder and the other on Bumble. Both had already given up hope but then they matched with these perfect partners. They both report of fantastic chats they had messaging each other through the app and that the attraction was already clear from the digital conversations.
Image Description | A cartoon of a man with cupid.
Image Tags | male(s)
This ends in wedding bells
Newspaper | Los Angeles Times
Date | 10.12.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | online dating
Summary | A man tells the story of how he met his now wife on an online dating app called Bumble. It is a little different from Tinder in that women need to do the first step and chat up a male match. They only get 24 hours to do that or the match is lost. Dating has moved to the digital sphere for many people nowadays.
Image Description | Illustration of a man and a woman on a bicycle.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
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)
Tinder Makes More Genders!
Newspaper | Huffington Post
Date | 16.11.2016
Language | English
Country | U.S.
Topic Tags | gender, online dating
Summary | Tinder is a popular dating app (or altenatively a casual sex app) widely used by millenials to find a partner. Tinder has recently announced that they now give users more options when chosing their gender identity. Until now, Tinder only accommodated gender identities of a binary conception, i.e. 'male' or 'female', and now they have expanded their repertoire to include, for instance, transgender men and women.
Image Description | A video which is however no longer available.
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