I've done some work on Gaydar - it's published in Information Technology and People, the European Journal of Information Systems and the International Journal of Information Management (some is along with Gordon Fletcher and Alison Adam) - you can find the papers at www.benlight.org or email me. You should also check out Sharif Mowlabocus' work as well as he's worked in a similar area. There's also the book, 'love online' which might be of some use too and John Campbell's 'Getting it on online'. Also check out Shoshana Magnets stuff on Suicide Girls in New Media and Society. And I think it was Nathalia Livia that did a study of the French Minitel System which is related - the paper is in sexualities I think.. I cite it in the Gaydar stuff. Oh also check the citations in the gaydar paper for, I think it's Arvidson in New Media and Society on Planet Out too... I also cite a NMS article of John Campbell's too that might be of interest... Oh also look at Kayla Hales at Penn State - she published some early work on CMC and relationship maintenance in a special issue of Information Communication, Ethics and Society (2009 - vol 7, no 1). Sorry this is garbled, dashing between meetings :O) Ben. Ben Light Professor of Digital Media Communication, Cultural and Media Studies Research Centre Associate Head of School - Research and Innovation School of Media, Music and Performance The University of Salford Adelphi House Salford M3 6EN www.smmp.salford.ac.uk www.ccm.salford.ac.uk www.benlight.org On 24/2/10 09:08, "Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen)" <K.H.A.Leurs@uu.nl> wrote:
Dear Erhardt,
I recently came across a project carried out at the Oxford Internet Institute called "Me, My Spouse and the Internet: Meeting, Dating and Marriage in the Digital Age". You can find more about it here: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/?id=47, including links to publications.
I would be interested in learning about the use of Instant Messaging and social networking in dating, as I am currently looking at the performance of gender and sexuality in IM.
Kind regards,
Koen.
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-----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org namens Erhardt Graeff Verzonden: wo 24-2-2010 5:45 Aan: air-l@listserv.aoir.org CC: Jonathan Beilin Onderwerp: [Air-L] Online Dating Studies
I'm preparing to co-lead a core conversation at SXSW on online dating websites and trends. We've been looking at academic work like Judith Donath's as well as the more cheeky but practical research on the OkTrends blog from OkCupid. Does anyone know of good case studies of particular online dating websites, or historical studies of trends in online dating? Sources focusing on website design as well as sociological and psychological aspects would all be helpful.
Additionally, any questions about online dating sites and culture that you might be interested in exploring the answers to, or simply discussing, would be great.
Thanks, Erhardt
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