The dating platform is per framework within which user develops self-presentation by implementing rational strategies

Tinder is verso location-based real-time dating app

Social Networks Sites enable new forms of relationships (Boyd and Ellison, 2007; Comunello, 2010; Sfera Altieri, 2012) and create new interaction contexts (Boyd, 2014). Given these premises, we propose to 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 per tendency puro study dating apps mainly as a technological object, without going into the implications these can have in the way they shape relationships. On the other hand, con our opinion, those who have studied the evolution of agreable relations per this context have not fully considered the technological impact.

Our rete informatica explores the interdependence between these two aspects: Tinder as a technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for agreable representations. This differs from similar dating apps for three main reasons: it accelerates per agreable inclinazione making online dating socially affermisse; made the gara system partita-like and since” everyone has it” its users perceive it more as verso accommodant network site than verso hook-up app. The key element of the interface is the swipe, derived from touch technology for trasportabile. Based on our attrezzi 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 puro understand the attrezzi of expectations, attitudes, opinions, desires that guide user behavior.

The research framework: research question, objectives, method and phases The overall objective of this work is esatto explore the hypothesis of a circularity sopra the construction of the meanings that users share as affable representations around dating apps. We particularly propose sicuro investigate how the technology used for courtship, influences the creation of communautaire representations (Moscovici, 2001) and the construction of identity. The object of the research is Tinder as dating app observed in the dual aspect of: platform and verso framework within which user develops self-presentation through the use of the interface. Puro respond adequately to the research question, our sistema, 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 per technological object.

It starts from a qualitative exploratory phase sopra order onesto adequately inform about the second quantitative phase by specifying the research questions and the variables that will rotaie it, durante 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 verso bottom-up path, therefore: the mix strategy emerges mediante the research practice preciso find adequate answers puro the initial research questions, but it is also open to the formulation of new questions that che tipo di to be built up during the investigation (Thashakkori and Creswell, 2007). Per this case, adopting a Case Study Research focused on a single dating app is extremely useful per capturing the dynamic aspects of the phenomenon that we want puro investigate through the use of multiple sources of evidence.

Con fact, this research strategy is particularly suitable when the researcher has verso limited control over the events, the attention is placed on per contemporary phenomenon in verso real life context and the research questions, as con this case, are oriented to understand “how” per indivisible phenomenon develops (Yin, 2005). Esatto respond adequately to the research question, a mixed-method of an exploratory type was developed (Amaturo, Punziano, 2016; Teddlie, Tashakkori, 2009; Bryman, 2006). It starts from per qualitative exploratory phase sopra order sicuro adequately inform the second quantitative phase specifying the research questions and the variables that will guide it, sopra 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 per the research practice onesto find adequate answers sicuro the initial research questions, but it is also open sicuro the formulation of new questions that come 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 puro achieve, the sistema is divided into four phases: ? Per preliminary study on Tinder as verso technological object and as per catalyst for communautaire representations.

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