Explorative study of African Americans and internet dating
Year: 2005
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The online dating industry is estimated to be worth 1.5 billion dollars. The growing \ntrends in technology have resulted in African Americans logging on to the Web at \nastonishing rates. Therefore, the goal of this research project is to evaluate dating \norientated interaction in the context of virtual communities. The theoretical perspective \nof this thesis is that of the concept of trust, and I examine the role that trust has on dating \noriented interaction in the context of virtual communities. This study utilizes both \nethnographic qualitative research methods along with the survey research method to \nexplore the topic of African Americans and their use of the Internet as a tool to find \nquality or compatible dates. This study also provides an examination not only of \ndating patterns among African Americans via the Internet, but it also provides an \nexamination of the role that technology plays in creating and mediating dating trends. An \nadditional interest is to evaluate dating orientated interaction in the context of virtual \ncommunities.
Author: Kamesha Spates
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2256323530