Fast Choices and Emancipatory Spaces: Complex Reality of Online dating Apps

Abstract

Contemporary digital environments are increasingly changing the ways in which we live and interact. One of the fields where this is evident is the field of intimate relationships. At the beginning of the third decade of the 21st century mobile dating applications are becoming a common way of meeting potential partners. The purpose of this paper is to explore the implications of this and to look more closely how online dating in the age of mobile applications is changing the field of intimate relationships, as well as to note the complexity of this phenomenon.

Keywords

• dating applications
• intimate relationships
• online dating
• tinder
• okcupid
• digital media