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- Title
Myths and facts about online mate choice Contemporary beliefs and empirical findings.
- Authors
Schmitz, Andreas; Sachse-Thürer, Susann; Zillmann, Doreen; Blossfeld, Hans-Peter
- Abstract
With the increasing dissemination and usage of online mate choice, finding a partner via the Internet has attracted remarkable public attention in the last decade. Several, mostly negative prejudices toward online mate choice -- especially regarding its risks and disadvantages -- circulate constantly throughout the mass media and form public perceptions. This article presents common stereotypes on this (still) new phenomenon, derived from an investigation of newspapers online and offline, online guides, blogs, and discussion forums and confronts them with the empirical facts. Based on several descriptive analyses, we discuss whether and to what extent ten prevalent beliefs correspond to the empirical reality of finding a mate via the Internet in Germany.
- Subjects
ONLINE dating; MYTHOLOGY; MATE selection; EMPIRICAL research; BELIEF &; doubt; INTERNET
- Publication
Zeitschrift für Familienforschung (ZzF), 2011, Vol 23, Issue 3, p358
- ISSN
1437-2940
- Publication type
Article