Tinder was developed as a dating app, but research has found that some find it useful for promotional campaigns and artistic purposes.
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Love requires imagination. What happens when this imagination spirals?
Dating app Tinder has come under increasing scrutiny over harassment facilitated by the platform. But its new safety measures, while undoubtedly an improvement, are unlikely to prevent abuse.
Bumble, the wildly popular dating app where women ask the men out relies on a girl-power model of feminism. The problem is that the men on Bumble aren’t ready for this model.
Nightclub-goers often regard the sort of sexually aggressive behaviour they witness as unacceptable, but they put up with it because it seems like lots of people – especially men – are doing it.
Cultural differences play an important role in the experience of day to day activities, including online dating.
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.
Despite the claims of online dating services, there is little scientific evidence that using self-reported data for matchmaking can lead to long-term compatibility.
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?
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.
Data from swiping apps like Tinder are giving researchers a window into how dating and relationships could be changing.
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.
A new film claims to empower women’s singledom – but it’s just another old-fashioned rehash.
Dating has gone from seeking soulmates to swiping faces to kill time. What happened?
Technology brings us together, but also creates distance – which doesn’t bode well for relationships.
In the online dating world it was once enough just to “Like” a person to indicate your interest. So what does it mean to “Super Like” a potential love interest?
You might have noticed recently that a plague of “selfies” with tigers appears to have overtaken mobile dating app Tinder (where users “swipe right” to indicate interest; left to reject). Globally, so…
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Concordia University
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British Academy postdoctoral fellow, University of Warwick
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Concordia University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor, Federation University Australia
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Associate Professor, School of Health Studies, Western University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Relationships, University of South Wales
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Matthew Flinders Distinguished Emeritus Professor, Flinders University
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Associate Professor in Psychology and Lead, Cyberpsychology Research Group, Nottingham Trent University
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Professeur d’économie, Mines Paris - PSL
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Professor in Media Studies and Production, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
