Tinder is verso location-based real-time dating app
Affable Networks Sites enable new forms of relationships (Boyd and Ellison, 2007; Comunello, 2010; Sfera Altieri, 2012) and create new interaction contexts (Boyd, 2014). Given these premises, we propose puro investigate wildbuddies 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 a technological object, without going into the implications these can have per the way they shape relationships. On the other hand, per our opinion, those who have studied the evolution of social relations per this context have not fully considered the technological impact.
Our sistema explores the interdependence between these two aspects: Tinder as verso technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for agreable representations. This differs from similar dating apps for three main reasons: it accelerates verso aimable trend making online dating socially acceptable; made the incontro system partita-like and since” everyone has it” its users perceive it more as verso aimable rete di emittenti site than verso hook-up app. The key element of the interface is the swipe, derived from touch technology for suppellettile. Based on our batteria objectives, the evolution of the app interface and user experience will be analyzed through the concept of circularity (Ma). Con the preliminary phase, we will use exploratory focus groups preciso understand the arnesi of expectations, attitudes, opinions, desires that binario user behavior.
The research framework: research question, objectives, method and phases The overall objective of this sistema is sicuro explore the hypothesis of verso circularity durante the construction of the meanings that users share as aimable representations around dating apps. We particularly propose esatto 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 mediante the dual aspect of: platform and verso framework within which user develops self-presentation through the use of the interface. Preciso respond adequately puro the research question, our sistema, 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 verso technological object.
It starts from verso qualitative exploratory phase mediante order to adequately inform about the second quantitative phase by specifying the research questions and the variables that will binario it, sopra order to 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 sicuro find adequate answers preciso the initial research questions, but it is also open to the formulation of new questions that che razza di onesto be built up during the investigation (Thashakkori and Creswell, 2007). Mediante this case, adopting a Case Study Research focused on a celibe dating app is extremely useful sopra capturing the dynamic aspects of the phenomenon that we want onesto investigate through the use of multiple sources of evidence.
Mediante fact, this research strategy is particularly suitable when the researcher has a limited control over the events, the attention is placed on per contemporary phenomenon sopra verso real life context and the research questions, as durante this case, are oriented onesto understand “how” per certain phenomenon develops (Yin, 2005). Preciso 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 per qualitative exploratory phase sopra order preciso adequately inform the second quantitative phase specifying the research questions and the variables that will guide it, durante order to 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 to find adequate answers puro the initial research questions, but it is also open to the formulation of new questions that quale to 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 preciso achieve, the rete informatica is divided into four phases: ? A preliminary study on Tinder as per technological object and as verso catalyst for affable representations.
Tinder as a technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for social representations / Antonutti, mella, Fabio; Khaddar, MOHAMED AMINE. – (2019), pp. 319-327.