TY - JOUR
T1 - Online dating and mating : the use of the Internet to meet sexual partners
AU - Couch, Danielle
AU - Liamputtong, Pranee
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Australia has experienced a large increase in Internet usage, and online dating is used for seeking romantic and sexual partners. Using a qualitative approach, 15 people who use online dating took part in in-depth, online chat interviews. Nearly all participants used multiple dating sites to seek partners and making use of email, chat and webcam to engage with, assess, validate and qualify their potential sexual partners. They would "filter" the identity of other online daters before taking further actions. They used an array of filters and filtering processes to determine when and how they might progress to face-to-face meetings with these other online daters, and if and how there might be sexual outcomes from these meetings. Participants filtered using the text, photographs, chat, and webcam opportunities available online, and followed progressive personalized steps in communication and engagement in the lead-up to meeting other online daters in person.
AB - Australia has experienced a large increase in Internet usage, and online dating is used for seeking romantic and sexual partners. Using a qualitative approach, 15 people who use online dating took part in in-depth, online chat interviews. Nearly all participants used multiple dating sites to seek partners and making use of email, chat and webcam to engage with, assess, validate and qualify their potential sexual partners. They would "filter" the identity of other online daters before taking further actions. They used an array of filters and filtering processes to determine when and how they might progress to face-to-face meetings with these other online daters, and if and how there might be sexual outcomes from these meetings. Participants filtered using the text, photographs, chat, and webcam opportunities available online, and followed progressive personalized steps in communication and engagement in the lead-up to meeting other online daters in person.
KW - Internet
KW - interpersonal relations
KW - online dating
UR - http://handle.westernsydney.edu.au:8081/1959.7/uws:35138
U2 - 10.1177/1049732307312832
DO - 10.1177/1049732307312832
M3 - Article
SN - 1552-7557
SN - 1049-7323
VL - 18
SP - 268
EP - 279
JO - Qualitative Health Research
JF - Qualitative Health Research
IS - 2
ER -