Grindr, the largest queer dating app worldwide, is all about the short term hookup; the currency used to attract your date is physical fitness versus wealth symbols, used by straight men on Tinder.
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Research shows that it’s all about choice, not exclusivity, when it comes to finding a perfect match.
Sharing data about users’ HIV statuses is bad enough. But why collect it in the first place?
The two cultural norms, which may on the surface seem completely different, are starting to converge.
The cheerleader effect describes the phenomenon that you appear more attractive in a group than solo - and it works for men as well as women.
Judges and juries may not appreciate the nuances of messages from online dating services used as evidence in trials.
Seven rules for break up in the digital age.
A dating site has been told to take down its ads, but science highlights some fascinating truths about internet love.
Dating apps have changed the way people present themselves. Visual cues and short 100 word bios are the new currency of dating.
Online dating has been around for more than 20 years, but for the most part, the goal has been to eventually meet your new paramour face to face. Virtual reality could change that.
Are dating apps destroying men’s self-esteem?
The “Xennials” are supposedly a group born between the late 1970s and early 1980s, who were born analogue and became digital adults. But the evidence for their existence isn’t as clear-cut as we might hope.
If you’re looking for love on a dating app then beware the trolls - and consider upgrading to a paid service to get away from them.
Dating apps are convenient – but they lack the sensuality craved by Victorian aesthetes.
Data from swiping apps like Tinder are giving researchers a window into how dating and relationships could be changing.
Bringing back the diminished tradition of eating lunch together may be the solution.
No amount of whittling down dating criteria to glasses, beards, or tattoos will allow you to bypass the simple fact that finding someone takes work.
The key to finding the right partner is all in your head.
A human development researcher decided to find out if people who are anxious about dating or about what their partner thinks of them are more likely to sext.
Fibbers beware: experts have developed a new digital lie detector.
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British Academy postdoctoral fellow, University of Warwick
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Concordia University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Relationships, University of South Wales
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Professor of Media and Communication and Associate Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Associate Professor, School of Health Studies, Western University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Federation University Australia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
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Scientia Professor of Evolutionary Ecology; Academic Lead of UNSW's Grand Challenges Program, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Assistant Professor in Sociology, University of Windsor
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Senior Lecturer & Research Fellow, La Trobe University
