Hey Skaidra, I did some work on this in relation to gay men and the site Gaydar.co.uk (you can download the papers open access at my QUT eprints page here: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Light,_Ben.html ) It's not concerned with student populations but I think there are some elements that will transfer. Also, you should also check out Sharif Mowlabowcus' Gaydar Culture book, Elijah Cassidy's thesis on Gaydar and Facebook (also in the QUT ePrints archive) and also Nicole Ellison's work in the area of online dating too. Hope that helps. Cheers, Ben. Ben Light PhD MSc BA(Hons) Professor of Digital Media Studies Creative Industries Faculty School of Media, Entertainment and Creative Arts Queensland University of Technology Creative Industries Precinct Z1-515 Musk Avenue Kelvin Grove QLD 4059 Australia Phone: +61 7 3138 8280 Twitter: @doggyb QUT: http://www.staff.qut.edu.au/staff/lightb Open Access Publications: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Light,_Ben.html Personal Site: http://www.benlight.org On 13/09/2013 10:27, "skaidra puodziunas" <skaidra.puodziunas@rogers.com> wrote:
Hello fello AOIR's,
Pleased to "meet" you all.
My name is Skaidra Puodziunas and I'm in 4th year as an undergraduate in an innovative and atypical bachelor degree program of Knowledge Integration, with a cross major in Speech Communication, at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
This coming year, I will be working on my 4th year, senior thesis project. I am planning to explore the world of online dating, specifically examining the factors that are associated with students engaging in online dating platforms, in my own university.
If anyone has any recommendations for journals, blogs, researchers, institutes, etc. that could be relevant to this topic, I graciously welcome them all! I consider this more of an exploratory project. I am (hopefully) going to incorporating both quantitative and qualitative approaches.
Many thanks for your time, Skaidra
Skaidra Puodziunas | @SkaidraP 4A Joint Honors Knowledge Integration & Speech Communication University of Waterloo
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