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 onesto investigate the way technology used for courtship – particularly Tinder – influences the creation of aimable 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 per tendency to study dating apps mainly as verso technological object, without going into the implications these can have durante the way they shape relationships. On the other hand, per our opinion, those who have studied the evolution of agreable relations mediante this context have not fully considered the technological impact.
Our work explores the interdependence between these two aspects: Tinder as verso technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for communautaire representations. This differs from similar dating apps for three main reasons: it accelerates a communautaire inclinazione making online dating socially affecte; made the incontro system partita-like and since” everyone has it” its users perceive it more as a aimable network site than a hook-up app. The key element of the interface is the swipe, derived from touch technology for mobile. Based on our set objectives, the evolution of the app interface and user experience will be analyzed through the concept of circularity (Ma). Durante the preliminary phase, we will use exploratory focus groups preciso understand the attrezzi of expectations, attitudes, opinions, desires that binario user behavior.
The research framework: research question, objectives, method and phases The overall objective of this rete informatica is to explore the hypothesis of verso circularity mediante the construction of the meanings that users share as aimable representations around dating apps. We particularly propose preciso 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. Esatto respond adequately to the research question, our work, which is configured as a single 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 verso qualitative exploratory phase durante order to adequately inform about the second quantitative phase by specifying the research questions and the variables that will rotaie it, sopra order to 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 sopra the research practice esatto find adequate answers to the initial research questions, but it is also open esatto the formulation of new questions that quale onesto be built up during the investigation (Thashakkori and Creswell, 2007). Con this case, adopting verso Case Study Research focused on a celibe dating app is extremely useful in capturing the dynamic aspects of the phenomenon that we want preciso investigate through the use of multiple sources of evidence.
Sopra fact, this research strategy is particularly suitable when the researcher has a limited control over the events, the attention is placed on per contemporary phenomenon con a real life context and the research questions, as in this case, are oriented to understand “how” per excretion phenomenon develops (Yin, 2005). Preciso respond adequately to the research question, verso mixed-method of an exploratory type was developed (Amaturo, Punziano, 2016; Teddlie, Tashakkori, 2009; Bryman, 2006). It starts from verso qualitative exploratory phase durante order puro adequately inform the second quantitative phase specifying the research questions and the variables that will doppio it, sopra order esatto shed light on the scarce theoretical and / or empirical knowledge of the phenomenon (Creswell and Plano Clark, 2001). The presented research plan will follow verso bottom-up path, therefore: the mix strategy emerges durante the research practice to find adequate answers esatto the initial research questions, but it is also open preciso the formulation of new questions that ad esempio 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 onesto achieve, the sistema is divided into four phases: ? Per preliminary study on Tinder as verso technological object and as verso catalyst for accommodant representations.
Tinder as verso technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for accommodant representations / Antonutti, mella, Fabio; Khaddar, MOHAMED AMINE. – (2019), pp. 319-327.