Number of Posts: 10
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"Wie ist das bei dir?"
("How is that for you?")
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 14.7.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | misunderstanding, online dating, politeness, threat, WhatsApp
Summary | We are more connected than ever nowadays. There should be no room for alienation in relationships with all those media available to us to communicate. WhatsApp even lets us know when our loved ones were last online and when they read a message. This may sound good at first but it can cause a lot of misunderstandings and jealousy when partners do not respond to messages right away.
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Der Nächste, bitte!
(Next, please!)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 13.7.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | addiction, diversity, gender, online dating, threat
Summary | Online dating is tricky because the apprearance of an abundance of romantic prospects makes us reluctant to stick with one person. Many people get into a state of sexual restlessness that borders on sexual addiction with the help of online dating apps. Many such apps encourage casual sex which bears the risk of sex addiction. One app notorious for being mainly for casual sex is Grindr, a dating app for gay men which is designed. Women on dating apps have the problem that they are most attractive in their early 20s to men of all ages which means that they are less likely to find a partner the older they are.
Image Description | Images of men and women.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
Werdet ihr mich streicheln wie diesen Mops?
(Will you pet me like this pug?)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 25.8.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | gender, online dating, selfie
Summary | There are patterns of how people present themselves on Tinder. Most use selfies. They say a lot about being single: not only is one alone in the picture but usually also alone in taking the picture using a mirror for instance. Many people try to appear less lonely by posting pictures with animals. Women very often do the so-called duckface so as to emphasize all desirable features like cheekbones and full lips and often write that they expect the men to contact them first.
Image Description | Getty image of a pug and a dog with dreadlocks.
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
Tinder, Snapchat : tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur l'amour virtuel...
(Tinder, Snapchat: everything you ever wanted to know abotu virtual love...)
Newspaper | Le Figaro
Date | 4.1.2016
Language | French
Country | France
Topic Tags | online dating, virtual reality
Summary | Anne-Sophie Letac studies the effectiveness of virtual relationships. Does virtual love allow the same kind of intimacy than physical sex? Is it a real feeling or an illusion? Can people cheat on their partners if they have a virtual relationship? Virtual love can also be seen as a social progress.
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Du bist nicht allein
(You are not alone)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 1.4.2016
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | online dating, smartphone, Snapchat, social media, threat
Summary | Smartphones have revolutionized social life. They promise us that we will never be alone again if we stay online. We are always connected wia social media, we can communicate with select people directly by speaking, texting them, or sending them images and video. While we are all digitally connected, we become more isolated face-to-face. On the street, nobody interacts anymore. Smartphones have also begun to be our matchmakers thanks to Tinder and seemingly intuitive swiping which is rather learned in reality.
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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)
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.
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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