Live streaming opens a new way for selling products, in which the streamer plays a leading
role. Whereas e-commerce live streaming has become ever-increasingly prevalent, how to …

The newly revised edition of this groundbreaking textbook provides a comprehensive
overview of the theory, research, and applications of nonverbal communication. Authored by …

Drawing on the dual-systems theory (DST), this study proposes a research model that
focuses on how the characteristics of the key opinion leader influence consumers' purchase …

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 was conducted to explore the cognitive processes linking people's
perceptions of their mobile dating app experience and their intention to commit infidelity …

Dating apps promise a 'digital fix'to the 'messy'matter of love by means of datafication and
algorithmic matching, realising a platformisation of romance commonly understood through …

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

The rise of online dating and, even more recently, the rise of app dating services, have
brought about many fundamental questions for social science researchers trying to …

In this article, we take dating apps as a case study to tackle the question of desire and
enjoyment in contemporary society. Moving away from an instrumental conception of digital …

The Dark Triad of personality has gained much attention in the literature, while the lighter
side of personality has not received comparable attention. This study aimed to examine how …