TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stephanie Tom Tong
AU  - Brandon Van Der Heide
PY  - 2022
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9781433146558
TI  - Up to Date
T2  - Communication and Technology in Romantic Relationships
DO  - 10.3726/b18758
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1140630
N2  - In Up to Date, Tong and Van Der Heide explore the spicy, unsettling—and sometimes just exhausting—universe of online romance. As dating platforms like Bumble, Tinder, and Grindr proliferate, scholars have had to stretch their understandings of how courtship works, often arriving at fascinatingly counterintuitive theories about how twenty-first century daters shape online identities, select mates, mediate conflict, and maintain or terminate romantic relationships. This book guides readers through an increasingly complex and extensive literature, highlighting strengths and weaknesses of existing approaches, while establishing new avenues for the future. Written for both students and seasoned experts alike, the book also addresses the largely invisible underpinnings of what has become a multibillion-dollar industry, including proprietary algorithms and perverse economic incentives. Up to Date is a provocative and rigorous must-read for anyone who seeks to understand or conduct research regarding the social science of online romance.
KW  - online dating, mobile dating, social media, computer-mediated communication, interpersonal communication, romantic relationships, romance, courtship, Stephanie Tom Tong, Brandon Van Der Heide, Up to Date
LA  - English
ER  -