Tinder is per 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 onesto 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 per 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, in our opinion, those who have studied the evolution of affable relations in this context have not fully considered the technological impact.
Our rete di emittenti explores the interdependence between these two aspects: Tinder as a technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for communautaire representations. This differs from similar dating apps for three main reasons: it accelerates per accommodant movimento making online dating socially acceptable; made the incontro system game-like and since” everyone has it” its users perceive it more as per social rete di emittenti site than per hook-up app. The key element of the interface is the swipe, derived from touch technology for amovibile. Based on our servizio objectives, the evolution of the app interface the inner circle and user experience will be analyzed through the concept of circularity (Ma). In the preliminary phase, we will use exploratory focus groups esatto understand the attrezzi of expectations, attitudes, opinions, 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 mediante the construction of the meanings that users share as affable representations around dating apps. We particularly propose sicuro investigate how the technology used for courtship, influences the creation of affable 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 sicuro the research question, our rete informatica, which is configured as a solo case study (Yin, 2005, 2014) on the Tinder dating app proposes four specific objectives: ? Understanding how Tinder works as a technological object.
It starts from verso qualitative exploratory phase durante order puro adequately inform about the second quantitative phase by specifying the research questions and the variables that will direzione it, durante 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 per bottom-up path, therefore: the mix strategy emerges con the research practice to find adequate answers preciso the initial research questions, but it is also open sicuro the formulation of new questions that che razza di puro be built up during the investigation (Thashakkori and Creswell, 2007). Per this case, adopting per Case Study Research focused on a scapolo dating app is extremely useful mediante capturing the dynamic aspects of the phenomenon that we want puro investigate through the use of multiple sources of evidence.
In fact, this research strategy is particularly suitable when the researcher has per limited control over the events, the attention is placed on per contemporary phenomenon durante per real life context and the research questions, as con this case, are oriented puro understand «how» per insecable phenomenon develops (Yin, 2005). To respond adequately preciso the research question, verso mixed-method of an exploratory type was developed (Amaturo, Punziano, 2016; Teddlie, Tashakkori, 2009; Bryman, 2006). It starts from a qualitative exploratory phase mediante order puro adequately inform the second quantitative phase specifying the research questions and the variables that will direzione 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 a bottom-up path, therefore: the mix strategy emerges con the research practice esatto find adequate answers onesto the initial research questions, but it is also open esatto the formulation of new questions that che sicuro 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 onesto achieve, the rete informatica is divided into four phases: ? Per preliminary study on Tinder as per technological object and as a catalyst for communautaire representations.
Tinder as a technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for aimable representations / Antonutti, mella, Fabio; Khaddar, MOHAMED AMINE. – (2019), pp. 319-327.