The tremendous development of the Internet enables people to present themselves freely.
Some people may reconstruct their identity on the Internet to build an online identity that is …

This third edition of Family Communication carefully examines state-of-the art research and
theories of family communication and family relationships. In addition to presenting …

Mobile dating apps are popular platforms to initiate romantic relationships that provide
several means for idealized self-presentation—such as the possibility to modify one's photos …

The present study explores the relationship initiation process in online dating using
participants'(N= 105) naturally occurring email messages to a prospective romantic partner …

This study investigates how online dating profiles, consisting of both pictures and texts, are
visually processed, and how both components affect impression formation. The …

In Western nations, the simultaneous increases in interracial relationships and the use of
dating apps such as Tinder have raised questions regarding the influence of dating apps on …

This article presents two experimental studies investigating the impact of language errors in
online dating profiles on impression formation. A first study examined whether language …

This study uses an experimental design to examine the uncertainty-reducing effect of online
dating profiles on initial first-date interactions. Zero-history dyads (N= 108) participated in a …

In The Internet Family, Drs. Katherine Hertlein and Markie Twist provide a current and
comprehensive look at the effects of technology on couple and family relationships …

The concept of hegemonic masculinity has been used in Chinese sociology since the early-
2020s to explain Chinese wealthy men's power over women in the market reform era …