2Oct
Swiping me down my legs: Explicating relationship initiation on Tinder
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Leah E. LeFebvre, Department of Communication and Journalism, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Avenue, Dept. 3904, Laramie, WY 82071, United States Of America. E-mail: email protected
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Tinder, a dating that is mobile (application), facilitates the initiation of the latest, potentially romantic relationships and encourages it self being a social finding platform dominating the U.S. With 1.4 billion swipes a day. This exploratory research investigates exactly exactly how people take part in relationship initiation behaviors through Tinder and highlights how social relationship initiation, selection procedures, and strategic pre-interaction habits are evolving through contemporary-mediated dating tradition. Individuals (N = 395) had been recruited from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to complete an on-line survey about their Tinder use. The analysis employed descriptive statistics and thematic analysis to evaluate good reasons for identifying and deleting Tinder, pre-interaction procedures, swiping methods, and Tinder hookup tradition. (more…)