Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: The internet and the social web have cemented their position as an integral part of our everyday lives. While no longer unusual for many purposes, such as acquiring information, communicating, or shopping online, searching for a partner on the web still seems to constitute a particular challenge for the modern Western conception of mating and intimacy, which is grounded in ideas of romantic love, spontaneity, and “destiny.” Nevertheless, finding a partner online is a significant phenomenon in quantitative terms today; online dating and matchmaking services are used by a great number of people around the world, as multiple international studies have shown (see Hogan et al. 2011; Ben-Zeev 2004; Schmitz et al. 2011). It comes, then, as no surprise that scientists invest considerable time and effort in analyzing this modern social and technological manifestation of intimacy, love, relationships and marriage, which are of “perennial” interest.
Author: Andreas Schmitz
Institution: University of Bonn
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2332434707