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Find Me Somebody To Love: Dating Sites, Success Stories, and Location
Drexel University. College of Information Science and Technology. Research Day Posters
08 Apr 2011
Abstract
While much online dating research focuses on representation (Ellison et al, 2006; Hancock et al, 2007) and selection of profiles (Fiore et al, 2008; Sritharan et al, 2010), less work examines how users define a successful relationship. Many popular dating sites offer successful users the opportunity to share their stories. These stories typically include location, status (Dating, Engaged, or Married), and details about the initial meeting and the relationship. As part of a larger study examining the concept of success across dating sites, we examined the locations of profiles from a sample of user-submitted success stories contributed to Match.com and eHarmony. This novel, cross-site comparison of location and success yields new understandings about online dating behavior in the United States.
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- Title
- Find Me Somebody To Love: Dating Sites, Success Stories, and Location
- Creators
- Rachel Magee - Drexel UniversityChristopher M. Mascaro - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Drexel University. College of Information Science and Technology. Research Day Posters
- Resource Type
- Conference presentation
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Other Identifier
- 991014632517204721