It Happened on Tinder: Reflections and Studies on Internet-Infused Dating

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This volume brings together articles from different parts of the globe that describe, question, test and criticize innovations and recent developments in online dating. Using quantitative as well as qualitative techniques the studies included in the book examine the impact of gender, personality traits, app interface and design, and culture on success and failure in online courtship. Among the issues dealt here are ghosting, sex emoticons, body presentation in the virtual universe, dime dating, religious courtship and more. Amir Hetsroni is a professor in the Department of Media and Visual Arts at Koç University in Turkey. He is the author/editor of four books and nearly 100 journal articles and book chapters. He is also a media celebrity in his home country, Israel, where he takes part in reality shows as a consultant and commentator, and takes an active role in anti-censorship campaigns. He failed to find love in online dating, but did not lose hope. Meriç Tuncez, a PhD candidate in Design, Technology, Society program at Koç University, received his BA in Business Administration from Koç University, and received his M.F.A. in Media and Design from Bilkent University. His research interests span interactions with artificial intelligence and virtual assistants including humanness, mental state, emotion, intention, sociality and morality attributions to artificial intelligence, and online dating. He is also a digital artist and his artworks were included in a recent interdisciplinary exhibition about coincidences called Yaratan Disiplinler: Tesadüfler by Tasarım Atölyesi Kadıköy (TAK) in Istanbul. His first real love was exclusively on the net but later he realized that he was being catfished by that person for the duration of a year CONTENTS 1: Introduction 4 Amir Hetsroni GENDER 2: The Myth of the Siren’s Song: Gendered Courtship and Sexual Scripts in Online Dating 10 Julie M. Albright and Steve Carter 3: Gender Differences in Online Dating Experiences 31 Milena R. Lopes and Carl Vogel 4: Stereotypical Gender Attributions Across Sexual Orientations on Tinder: Evidence From Turkey 48 Amir Hetsroni, Meriç Tuncez, and Mina Özdemir USERS 5: Mirror Mirror on The Wall, Which Dating App Affords Them All? Exploring Dating Applications Affordances and User Motivations 63 Leah E. Lefebvre and Xiaoti Fan 6: The Social Exchange Framework and Dime Dating 78 Arrington Stoll 7: The Relationship Between Romantic Ideals and Online Dating Stigmatization 92 Elisabeth Timmermans and Cédric Courtois IT HAPPENED ON TINDER 3 8: Justifications for ‘Ghosting Out’ of Developing or Ongoing Romantic Relationships: Anxieties Regarding Digitally-Mediated Romantic Interaction 114 Jimmie Manning, Katherine J. Denker, and Rebecca Johnson DESIGN 9: ‘I U’: A Semiotic Analysis of Romantic Relationship Bitmojis on Social Media 134 Abdulgaffar O. Arikewuyo, Bahire Efe-Özad, and Aminat S. Owolabi 10: Verifying Identities: The Role Of Third-Party Reputation Information in Online Dating 145 Lara Hallam, Charlotte J.S. De Backer, Sara Pabian, and Michel Walrave 11: From Swiping To Ghosting: Conceptualizing Rejection in Mobile Dating 158 Chad V. De Wiele and Jamie F. Campbell CULTURE 12: A Match Made in the Cloud: Jews, Rabbis, and Online Dating Sites 177 Yoel Cohen and Ruth Tsuria 13: Crossing Boundaries? Dating Platforms and Interracial Romance 191 Giulia Ranzini 14: Missed Connections or Misinterpreted Intentions? The Genre and Violence of Digital Love Stories 205 Brittany Knutson Biographies 214