Tinder is a location-based real-time dating app

Communautaire Networks Sites enable new forms of relationships (Boyd and Ellison, 2007; Comunello, 2010; Globo Altieri, 2012) and create new interaction contexts (Boyd, 2014). Given these premises, we propose preciso investigate the way technology used for courtship – particularly Tinder – influences the creation of communautaire representations (Moscovici, 2001) and the construction of identity. From the analysis of the emerging literature (Ranzini and Lutz, 2016; David and Cambre, 2016) there is a tendency puro study dating apps mainly as per technological object, without going into the implications these can have con the way they shape relationships. On the other hand, in our opinion, those who have studied the evolution of social relations con this context have not fully considered the technological impact.

Our work explores the interdependence between these two aspects: Tinder as a technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for accommodant representations. This differs from similar dating apps for three main reasons: it accelerates per accommodant trend making online dating socially acceptable; made the incontro system partita-like and since” everyone has it” its users perceive it more as verso accommodant network site than a hook-up app. The key element of the interface is the swipe, derived from touch technology for trasportabile. Based on our set objectives, the evolution of the app interface and user experience will be analyzed through the concept of circularity (Ma). Mediante the preliminary phase, we will use exploratory focus groups onesto understand the batteria of expectations, attitudes, opinions, desires that duplice user behavior.

The research framework: research question, objectives, method and phases The overall objective of this sistema is to explore the hypothesis of a circularity in the construction of the meanings that users share as social representations around dating apps. We particularly propose onesto investigate how the technology used for courtship, influences the creation of affable representations (Moscovici, 2001) and the construction of identity. The object of the research is Tinder as dating app observed durante the dual aspect of: platform and per framework within which user develops self-presentation through the use of the interface. To respond adequately sicuro the research question, our rete di emittenti, which is configured as a solo case study (Yin, 2005, 2014) on the Tinder dating app proposes four specific objectives: ? Understanding how Tinder works as verso technological object.

It starts from per qualitative exploratory phase per order sicuro adequately inform about the second quantitative phase by specifying the research questions and the variables that will guide it, mediante order onesto shed light on the scarce theoretical and / or empirical knowledge of the phenomenon (Creswell and Plano Clark, 2001). The presented research plan will follow per bottom-up path, therefore: the mix strategy emerges con the research practice esatto find adequate answers sicuro the initial research questions, but it is also open puro the formulation of new questions that che razza di onesto be built up during the investigation (Thashakkori and Creswell, 2007). In this case, adopting a Case Study Research focused on a solo dating app is extremely useful mediante capturing the dynamic aspects of the phenomenon that we want onesto investigate through the use of multiple sources of evidence.

Con fact, this research strategy is particularly suitable when the researcher has per limited control over the events, the attention is placed on verso contemporary phenomenon sopra verso real life context and the research questions, as per this case, are oriented esatto understand “how” verso indivisible phenomenon develops (Yin, 2005). Esatto respond adequately puro the research question, a mixed-method of an exploratory type was developed (Amaturo, Punziano, 2016; Teddlie, Tashakkori, 2009; Bryman, 2006). It starts from verso qualitative exploratory phase in order sicuro adequately inform the second quantitative phase specifying the research questions and the variables that will duplice it, durante order puro shed light on the scarce theoretical and / or empirical knowledge of the phenomenon s’more com (Creswell and Plano Clark, 2001). The presented research plan will follow verso bottom-up path, therefore: the mix strategy emerges in the research practice sicuro find adequate answers esatto the initial research questions, but it is also open to the formulation of new questions that che razza di sicuro be built up during the investigation (Thashakkori and Creswell 2007).

We will present the results of this first research phase and the resulting methodological framework

By taking into account the objectives that the research aims esatto achieve, the sistema is divided into four phases: ? Per preliminary study on Tinder as a technological object and as per catalyst for communautaire representations.

Tinder as a technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for affable representations / Antonutti, mella, Fabio; Khaddar, MOHAMED AMINE. – (2019), pp. 319-327.