This is a blog that provides details on how the Internet changes the way people date others and connect with romantic partners. More and more people find life partners on online dating websites, and this blog explores that and other areas of Internet dating.
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For further reading, here are the scholarly articles that I referred to in my blog.
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The dangers of online dating (in particular for youths)
Here are some important things to keep in mind with online dating:
- According to research, many youths as young as 13 are found to be involved in intense sexual and romantic relationships online. These youths are also found to be in very intense relationships online, feeling as though the person they are dating online is the “only person that gets” them. In my opinion, after reading the research about this, this is something to look out for with youths and online dating websites!
- Some analyses show that the emotions youths have felt for people online can be so intense that they are very quick to share deep, personal secrets.
It is important to be very aware of these dangers as youths are vulnerable to sexual exploitation and cyber-stalking!
Information gathered from Mishna, McLuckie, & Saini (2009) article, “Real-World Dangers in an Online Reality: A Qualitative Study Examining Online Relationships and Cyber Abuse”
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Blogs
If you’re curious about what online dating is like, a lot of people have written blogs about their experiences! I certainly found them funny and I think they are definitely worth the read. I will post a couple links following this post.
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This blog greatly outlines some different correlations for men and women using online dating websites, and even information about message length and response rate! Please read.
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My prediction...
Based on the TEDTalk that I just posted, I am wondering if online dating will become the more “secure” way to date. Think about it for a second. If a website has an algorithm that can tell you whether or not a relationship with a certain person you match online with will workout or not, or even give you a percentage of the likelihood of this potential relationship working out, wouldn’t that save so much future heartbreak and pain? I know I certainly would take advantage of that.
I predict that more and more people will move toward online dating and take advantage of algorithms to predict the people they have the best chance of being with long term.
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Watch this TEDTalk to learn how online dating websites calculate the likelihood of a successful relationship!
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Online dating and personality
According to Blackhart, Fitzpatrick, & Williamson (2014) “Dispositional factors predicting use of online dating sites and behaviors related to online dating”...
- Individuals who are higher in rejection sensitivity are more likely than those lower in rejection sensitivity to use online dating websites because rejection sensitivity is related to greater loneliness, so online dating websites combat that.
- People who are sensitive to rejection might enjoy using online dating websites more because they can avoid rejection by selectively presenting their self in a certain way on their online dating profile.
- People who are more sensitive to rejection indicated that they would most likely not tell others about their plans to meet a potential romantic partner in person who they originally met online.
- People higher in conscientiousness were less likely to meet someone privately or in a secluded area who they originally met online. This is perhaps because people who score high in conscientiousness tend to indicate vigilance, caution, and care.
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Although no research has examined factors related to decisions regarding meeting an online dating partner in-person, we believe that people who are especially concerned with the impression they make on either their potential dating partner or on important others may determine who is most likely to engage in potentially risky behaviors related to meeting an online dating partner face-to-face. Because rejection sensitive individuals are especially motivated to avoid rejection, they tend to be concerned with how they present themselves to others
Blackhart, Fitzpatrick, & Williamson (2014) “Dispositional factors predicting use of online dating sites and behaviors related to online dating”
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Those who engage in online dating simply do not know who is on the other side of a computer. Meeting a person face-to-face may there-fore be considered somewhat risky and several decisions must be made about when and where to meet an online dating partner.
Blackhart, Fitzpatrick, & Williamson (2014) “Dispositional factors predicting use of online dating sites and behaviors related to online dating”
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We lose ourselves in things we love. We find ourselves there, too.
Kristin Martz (via thegoodvybe)
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To love someone is to show to them their beauty, their worth and their importance.
Jean Vanier (via onlinecounsellingcollege)
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Rege (2009) “What’s Love Got to Do with It? Exploring Online Dating Scams and Identity Fraud”
An interesting negative effect of online dating that I had never heard of - scammers can now access even more people on the Internet because of online dating!
Just like an online class, online dating websites are open 24 hours a day all week long, so users are able to use these online dating websites whenever they please.
Romance scams can happen with online dating. People become a victim to romance scams when they believe another user has strong feelings for him or her, and then they become victim to identity theft and financial fraud.
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Connecting online dating to Internet fears:
Here’s my “hot take”. As shown by my research, the attitude toward online dating has shifted to a positive attitude held by the majority. In order for the attitude to change to positive, there had to have been a negative attitude toward online dating in the past.
During my semester taking Professor Gernsbacher’s Psychological Effects of the Internet course, I learned that many new technologies were feared by most at first, but then later people realized there was no rational reason to fear the new technology. I believe that people once feared online dating because it was a new technology, but now people are moving away from that fear and viewing online dating as more positive.
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