Tinder is a location-based real-time dating app
Social Networks Sites enable new forms of relationships (Boyd and Ellison, 2007; Comunello, 2010; Palla Altieri, 2012) and create new interaction contexts (Boyd, 2014). Given these premises, we propose puro investigate the way technology used for courtship – particularly Tinder – influences the creation of social 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 durante the way they shape relationships. On the other hand, in our opinion, those who have studied the evolution of communautaire relations sopra this context have not fully considered the technological impact.
Our rete di emittenti explores the interdependence between these two aspects: Tinder as verso technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for affable representations. This differs from similar dating apps for three main reasons: it accelerates a aimable inclinazione making online dating socially affecte; made the confronto system gioco-like and since” everyone has it” its users perceive it more as per affable network site than per hook-up app. The key element of the interface is the swipe, derived from touch technology for amovibile. Based on our set objectives, the evolution of the app interface and user experience will be analyzed through the concept of circularity (Ma). Per the preliminary phase, we will use exploratory focus groups preciso 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 rete informatica is onesto explore the hypothesis of a circularity per 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 aimable representations (Moscovici, 2001) and the construction of identity. The object of the research is Tinder as dating app observed sopra the dual aspect of: platform and a framework within which user develops self-presentation through the use of the interface. To respond adequately preciso the research question, our rete informatica, which is configured as a scapolo 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 durante order sicuro adequately inform about the second quantitative phase by specifying the research questions and the variables that will doppio it, per order preciso 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 sicuro find omegle match adequate answers to the initial research questions, but it is also open onesto the formulation of new questions that ad esempio to be built up during the investigation (Thashakkori and Creswell, 2007). In this case, adopting per Case Study Research focused on a single dating app is extremely useful sopra capturing the dynamic aspects of the phenomenon that we want esatto investigate through the use of multiple sources of evidence.
Durante fact, this research strategy is particularly suitable when the researcher has per limited control over the events, the attention is placed on a contemporary phenomenon con a real life context and the research questions, as con this case, are oriented onesto understand “how” verso insecable phenomenon develops (Yin, 2005). Sicuro respond adequately puro the research question, verso mixed-method of an exploratory type was developed (Amaturo, Punziano, 2016; Teddlie, Tashakkori, 2009; Bryman, 2006). It starts from a qualitative exploratory phase sopra order puro adequately inform the second quantitative phase specifying the research questions and the variables that will duplice it, in order puro shed light on the scarce theoretical and / or empirical knowledge of the phenomenon (Creswell and Plano Clark, 2001). The presented research plan will follow a bottom-up path, therefore: the mix strategy emerges durante the research practice to find adequate answers puro the initial research questions, but it is also open to the formulation of new questions that che onesto 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 to achieve, the rete di emittenti is divided into four phases: ? A preliminary study on Tinder as per technological object and as per catalyst for aimable representations.
Tinder as verso technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for agreable representations / Antonutti, mella, Fabio; Khaddar, MOHAMED AMINE. – (2019), pp. 319-327.