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Adolescents and Online Dating Attitudes

Adolescents and Online Dating Attitudes

Olugbenga David Ojo
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781609602093|ISBN10: 1609602099|EISBN13: 9781609602116
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-209-3.ch012
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Ojo, Olugbenga David. "Adolescents and Online Dating Attitudes." Youth Culture and Net Culture: Online Social Practices, edited by Elza Dunkels, et al., IGI Global, 2011, pp. 207-221. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-209-3.ch012

APA

Ojo, O. D. (2011). Adolescents and Online Dating Attitudes. In E. Dunkels, G. Franberg, & C. Hallgren (Eds.), Youth Culture and Net Culture: Online Social Practices (pp. 207-221). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-209-3.ch012

Chicago

Ojo, Olugbenga David. "Adolescents and Online Dating Attitudes." In Youth Culture and Net Culture: Online Social Practices, edited by Elza Dunkels, Gun-Marie Franberg, and Camilla Hallgren, 207-221. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-209-3.ch012

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Abstract

The introduction of Internet technology worldwide has brought out different behaviors in human beings; old and young. One of the vehicles for this is the online dating social network; a means by which people meet other people with whom they enact social relationships through the internet. This chapter considers the attitudes of adolescents with African background in relation to online dating. The findings show that there is no significant difference in the attitudes of both male and female adolescents in relation to online dating and also that the perception of parents in relation to adolescents getting involved in online dating activities is in tandem with the African belief that adolescents are too young to get tangled in any aspect of sexual activities, online dating inclusive. It also reveals that both male and female adolescents have coping strategies for dealing with online dating activities. Solutions and recommendations to resolve the emanated issues are also highlighted.

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