Dating apps have become one of the most prominent and contentious topics in the realm of
intimacy among the wider public and academia. Media and communication researchers …

A growing body of literature focuses on gay men's use of mobile dating applications or
“dating apps.” Running on smartphones and working with GPS, dating apps connect users …

Since its acquisition and rebranding in 2018, TikTok has become one of the fastest growing
platforms in the world. Moreover, it's the first Chinese-developed platform to find mainstream …

The COVID-19 Crisis; Social Perspectives; First Edition Page 1 THE COVID-19 CRISIS Since
its emergence in early 2020, the COVID-19 crisis has affected every part of the world. Well …

The coronavirus disease-19 pandemic introduced a crisis of safety and relevance for dating
apps, as their affordances for facilitating in-person encounters posed the risk of viral …

To better understand if and how the mechanics of the process Tinder imposes on its users
(ie, swiping, matching, and starting conversations) influences the resulting sexual or …

In this introduction to the special issue on “Orders of Interaction in Mediated Settings,” we
explore the fundamentals of an ethnomethodological/conversation analytical perspective on …

The ethical and social implications of data mining, algorithmic curation and automation in
the context of social media have been of heightened concern for a range of researchers with …

Abstract Based on the Integrative Model of Behavioral Prediction, this research examined
the relationships between trust toward people online, sensation-seeking, smartphone use …

This paper presents a participatory design study about how consent to interaction and
observation of other users can be supported in social VR. We use emerging VR dating …