Tinder is verso location-based real-time dating app

Aimable Networks Sites enable new forms of relationships (Boyd and Ellison, 2007; Comunello, 2010; Palla Altieri, 2012) and create new interaction contexts (Boyd, 2014). Given these premises, we propose to investigate the way technology used for courtship – particularly Tinder – influences the creation of social representations (Moscovici, 2001) and the construction of identity. From the analysis of the emerging literature (Ranzini and Lutz, 2016; David and Cambre, 2016) there is a tendency to study dating apps mainly as per technological object, without going into the implications these can have sopra the way they shape relationships. On the other hand, con our opinion, those who have studied the evolution of aimable relations sopra this context have not fully considered the technological impact.

Our work explores the interdependence between these two aspects: Tinder as per technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for accommodant representations. This differs from similar dating apps for three main reasons: it accelerates verso aimable inclinazione making online dating socially acceptable; made the match system game-like and since” everyone has it” its users perceive it more as per communautaire rete di emittenti site than verso hook-up app. The key element of the interface is the swipe, derived from touch technology for mobilio. Based on our attrezzi objectives, the evolution of the app interface and user experience will be analyzed through the concept of circularity (Ma). Durante the preliminary phase, we will use exploratory focus groups onesto understand the serie of expectations, attitudes, opinions, spicymatch per pc desires that duplice user behavior.

The research framework: research question, objectives, method and phases The overall objective of this rete informatica is to explore the hypothesis of a circularity per the construction of the meanings that users share as accommodant representations around dating apps. We particularly propose esatto investigate how the technology used for courtship, influences the creation of social representations (Moscovici, 2001) and the construction of identity. The object of the research is Tinder as dating app observed sopra the dual aspect of: platform and verso framework within which user develops self-presentation through the use of the interface. Puro respond adequately esatto the research question, our sistema, which is configured as a celibe case study (Yin, 2005, 2014) on the Tinder dating app proposes four specific objectives: ? Understanding how Tinder works as verso technological object.

It starts from per qualitative exploratory phase mediante order esatto adequately inform about the second quantitative phase by specifying the research questions and the variables that will duplice it, mediante order esatto shed light on the scarce theoretical and / or empirical knowledge of the phenomenon (Creswell and Plano Clark, 2001). The presented research plan will follow per bottom-up path, therefore: the mix strategy emerges con the research practice esatto find adequate answers esatto the initial research questions, but it is also open preciso the formulation of new questions that che tipo di puro be built up during the investigation (Thashakkori and Creswell, 2007). Sopra this case, adopting verso Case Study Research focused on a scapolo dating app is extremely useful per capturing the dynamic aspects of the phenomenon that we want sicuro investigate through the use of multiple sources of evidence.

In fact, this research strategy is particularly suitable when the researcher has verso limited control over the events, the attention is placed on a contemporary phenomenon sopra verso real life context and the research questions, as per this case, are oriented to understand “how” per indivisible phenomenon develops (Yin, 2005). Sicuro respond adequately preciso the research question, per mixed-method of an exploratory type was developed (Amaturo, Punziano, 2016; Teddlie, Tashakkori, 2009; Bryman, 2006). It starts from a qualitative exploratory phase in order esatto adequately inform the second quantitative phase specifying the research questions and the variables that will guide it, per order puro shed light on the scarce theoretical and / or empirical knowledge of the phenomenon (Creswell and Plano Clark, 2001). The presented research plan will follow a bottom-up path, therefore: the mix strategy emerges sopra the research practice sicuro find adequate answers to the initial research questions, but it is also open to the formulation of new questions that che onesto be built up during the investigation (Thashakkori and Creswell 2007).

We will present the results of this first research phase and the resulting methodological framework

By taking into account the objectives that the research aims sicuro achieve, the rete informatica is divided into four phases: ? Per preliminary study on Tinder as verso technological object and as verso catalyst for agreable representations.

Tinder as verso technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for affable representations / Antonutti, mella, Fabio; Khaddar, MOHAMED AMINE. – (2019), pp. 319-327.