Online dating theory

Theories Of Online Dating

Last summer, a video went viral showing a guy asking a girl out on a date via drone after seeing her dancing on a neighboring rooftop. Because the invitation came at the height of the first COVID lockdown, they began the date with a socially distanced dinner on their respective roofs, and later went for a romantic walk wearing a full-body bubble suit while the world watched over TikTok. The video perfectly visualized that in the costs of finding a new partner had suddenly skyrocked. Prior to the pandemic, I had been on countless dates. Some dates I met at events or through friends and others on dating apps.

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Online dating is a unique way to make connections. With the rise of dating apps and websites, more people are turning to technology as a means of finding their perfect match. Read on as we explore the psychology behind online dating and how it affects our behavior in terms of communication habits, building rapport, and more. According to a recent study , 1 in 10 adults who have a partner report meeting their significant other on an online dating site. There are three popular theories that help describe the psychology behind online dating: the social exchange theory, the self-disclosure theory, and the social identity theory. The social exchange theory describes how we look to maximize our rewards at the lowest cost within relationships. Rewards include anything that benefits us such as companionship, affection, and support while costs can include the things we need to put back into a relationship such as time, emotional investment, and effort.

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Bridget L. Long , Bowling Green State University. This study examined online dating practices by exploring the process and scripts for online dating from both sites and site members. The purpose was to uncover how online daters and sites were responsible for changes from more traditional dating scripts, and to add to Script Theory and Social Information Processing Theory.

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Scripts for Online Dating: A Model and Theory of Online Romantic Relationship Initiation

There are many theories that can be used to study online dating. These include sociology theories such as liquid love and chaos of love; communication theories such as social penetration theory and social exchange theory. Liquid love shows the transformation of modernity from solid to liquid where nothing have remains as before, constantly changing social forms are taken place at a greater speed Bauman, That is why the conduct of online dating is much different as compared to traditional dating. According to Lim , due …show more content….

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