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How E-Daters Behave Online: Theory and Empirical Observations

How E-Daters Behave Online: Theory and Empirical Observations

Celia Romm-Livermore, Toni M. Somers, Kristina Setzekorn, Ashley Lynn-Grace King
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781609607593|ISBN10: 1609607597|EISBN13: 9781609607609
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-759-3.ch014
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Romm-Livermore, Celia, et al. "How E-Daters Behave Online: Theory and Empirical Observations." Gender and Social Computing: Interactions, Differences and Relationships, edited by Celia Romm Livermore, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 236-256. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-759-3.ch014

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Romm-Livermore, C., Somers, T. M., Setzekorn, K., & King, A. L. (2012). How E-Daters Behave Online: Theory and Empirical Observations. In C. Romm Livermore (Ed.), Gender and Social Computing: Interactions, Differences and Relationships (pp. 236-256). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-759-3.ch014

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Romm-Livermore, Celia, et al. "How E-Daters Behave Online: Theory and Empirical Observations." In Gender and Social Computing: Interactions, Differences and Relationships, edited by Celia Romm Livermore, 236-256. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-759-3.ch014

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Abstract

Following a review of the literature on e-dating, this chapter introduces the e-dating development model and discusses a number of hypotheses that can be derived from it. Also presented in the chapter are some findings from a preliminary empirical research that explored the hypotheses. The findings supported all the hypotheses, indicating that: (1) male and female e-daters follow different stages in their e-dating evolvement; (2) the behaviors that males and females exhibit as e-daters are different; and (3) the feedback that male and female e-daters receive from the environment is different too. The chapter is concluded with a discussion of the implications from this research to e-dating theory development and empirical research.

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