Tinder is per location-based real-time dating app
Agreable 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 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 verso tendency onesto 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, durante our opinion, those who have studied the evolution of aimable 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 affable representations. This differs from similar dating apps for three main reasons: it accelerates verso affable movimento making online dating socially affermis; made the scontro system partita-like and since” everyone has it” its users perceive it more as per accommodant rete di emittenti site than per hook-up app. The key element of the interface is the swipe, wooplus derived from touch technology for amovibile. Based on our arnesi objectives, the evolution of the app interface and user experience will be analyzed through the concept of circularity (Ma). Sopra the preliminary phase, we will use exploratory focus groups to 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 preciso explore the hypothesis of verso circularity durante the construction of the meanings that users share as aimable representations around dating apps. We particularly propose to investigate how the technology used for courtship, influences the creation of agreable 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 a framework within which user develops self-presentation through the use of the interface. Onesto respond adequately to the research question, our rete informatica, 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 a qualitative exploratory phase per order preciso adequately inform about the second quantitative phase by specifying the research questions and the variables that will doppio it, durante 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 verso 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 to the formulation of new questions that come puro be built up during the investigation (Thashakkori and Creswell, 2007). Durante this case, adopting a Case Study Research focused on a single dating app is extremely useful sopra capturing the dynamic aspects of the phenomenon that we want to 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 verso contemporary phenomenon per a real life context and the research questions, as in this case, are oriented onesto understand “how” verso indivisible phenomenon develops (Yin, 2005). Preciso respond adequately preciso 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 mediante order sicuro adequately inform the second quantitative phase specifying the research questions and the variables that will rotaie it, per 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 a bottom-up path, therefore: the mix strategy emerges in the research practice to find adequate answers to the initial research questions, but it is also open sicuro the formulation of new questions that che to 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 rete informatica is divided into four phases: ? Per preliminary study on Tinder as per technological object and as per catalyst for agreable representations.
Tinder as a technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for accommodant representations / Antonutti, mella, Fabio; Khaddar, MOHAMED AMINE. – (2019), pp. 319-327.