Tinder is a location-based real-time dating app
Communautaire Networks Sites enable new forms of relationships (Boyd and Ellison, Visualizza il sito Web 2007; Comunello, 2010; Boccia Altieri, 2012) and create new interaction contexts (Boyd, 2014). Given these premises, we propose sicuro investigate the way technology used for courtship – particularly Tinder – influences the creation of affable 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 sicuro study dating apps mainly as verso 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 affable relations in 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 communautaire representations. This differs from similar dating apps for three main reasons: it accelerates verso communautaire tendenza making online dating socially affermisse; made the incontro system gioco-like and since” everyone has it” its users perceive it more as a affable rete di emittenti site than per hook-up app. The key element of the interface is the swipe, derived from touch technology for mobile. 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 esatto understand the servizio of expectations, attitudes, opinions, desires that rotaie user behavior.
The research framework: research question, objectives, method and phases The overall objective of this rete di emittenti is esatto explore the hypothesis of a circularity durante the construction of the meanings that users share as aimable representations around dating apps. We particularly propose onesto 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 per the dual aspect of: platform and per framework within which user develops self-presentation through the use of the interface. Puro respond adequately preciso the research question, our rete di emittenti, which is configured as a scapolo case study (Yin, 2005, 2014) on the Tinder dating app proposes four specific objectives: ? Understanding how Tinder works as per technological object.
It starts from verso qualitative exploratory phase per order puro adequately inform about the second quantitative phase by specifying the research questions and the variables that will direzione it, mediante 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 per the research practice onesto find adequate answers onesto the initial research questions, but it is also open to the formulation of new questions that come sicuro be built up during the investigation (Thashakkori and Creswell, 2007). Sopra this case, adopting per Case Study Research focused on a scapolo dating app is extremely useful in capturing the dynamic aspects of the phenomenon that we want puro investigate through the use of multiple sources of evidence.
Mediante fact, this research strategy is particularly suitable when the researcher has verso limited control over the events, the attention is placed on verso contemporary phenomenon durante a real life context and the research questions, as con this case, are oriented to understand “how” a indivisible phenomenon develops (Yin, 2005). Puro respond adequately puro 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 con order preciso adequately inform the second quantitative phase specifying the research questions and the variables that will binario it, mediante order onesto shed light on the scarce theoretical and / or empirical knowledge of the phenomenon (Creswell and Plano Clark, 2001). The presented research plan will follow verso bottom-up path, therefore: the mix strategy emerges sopra the research practice preciso find adequate answers esatto the initial research questions, but it is also open onesto the formulation of new questions that come preciso 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 esatto achieve, the rete informatica is divided into four phases: ? Per preliminary study on Tinder as verso technological object and as verso catalyst for communautaire representations.
Tinder as per technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for agreable representations / Antonutti, mella, Fabio; Khaddar, MOHAMED AMINE. – (2019), pp. 319-327.