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What is Online Dating Application

Chapter 25
Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online
An online dating service presented through a mobile phone application, often taking advantage of a smartphone’s GPS location capabilities, always-on-hand presence, and easy access to digital photo galleries.
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Online Romance in the 21st Century: Deceptive Online Dating, Catfishing, Romance Scams, and “Mail Order” Marriages
Renee D. Lamphere (University of North Carolina at Pembroke, USA) and Kweilin T. Lucas (University of North Carolina at Greensboro, USA)
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 14
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8535-0.ch025
Abstract
The rapid advancement of technology has changed the dating world for millions of people. While dating scams are not a new phenomenon to the online dating community, a new form of scam known as “catfishing” is also taking place. Catfishing is the verb used to describe the actions of a “catfish,” a person who creates falsified online profiles on social networking sites with the purpose of fraudulently seducing someone else. In addition to talking about online dating scams and catfishing, this chapter will also examine “mail order” marriages and the potential impact of this practice.
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