Tinder un-choosing: the six stages of mate discarding in a patriarchal technology
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- dc.contributor.author Medina Bravo, Pilar, 1966-
- dc.contributor.author Blanco Fernández, Vítor
- dc.contributor.author Larrea Estefanía, Olatz
- dc.contributor.author Rodrigo Alsina, Miquel, 1955-
- dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-27T07:22:25Z
- dc.date.issued 2022
- dc.description.abstract We analyse rejection experiences in mobile dating applications (MDA), in particular Tinder, based on the variables of gender and age. To do so, we conducted in-depth semi-structured interviews with forty (40) heterosexual Tinder users (10 women aged 18–28 years, 11 women aged 40–60, 10 men aged 18–28, and 9 men aged 40–60). Results showed that rather than explicitly hostile experiences, users encounter a gamified soft-rejection technology where being not-selected or discarded (or not-selecting or discarding others) emerges as an apparently harmless element of a dating experience that is structured into six successive stages (self-classification, selection of partners, match, first conversation, progress, face-to-face). We discuss these findings, concluding that this paradigm may be new but it still mirrors traditional structures of machismo and ageism.
- dc.description.sponsorship This work was supported by the Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación under Grant PGC2018-101682-BI00; Departament de Recerca i Universitats de la Generalitat de Catalunya under Grant 2017SGR53.
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- dc.identifier.citation Medina-Bravo P, Blanco-Fernández V, Larrea O, Rodrigo-Alsina M. Tinder un-choosing: the six stages of mate discarding in a patriarchal technology. Fem Media Stud. 2023;23(7):3175-91. DOI: 10.1080/14680777.2022.2099928
- dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2022.2099928
- dc.identifier.issn 1468-0777
- dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/55933
- dc.language.iso eng
- dc.publisher Taylor & Francis
- dc.relation.ispartof Feminist Media Studies. 2023;23(7):3175-91.
- dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PGC2018-101682-BI00
- dc.rights © This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Feminist Media Studies on 2022, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/14680777.2022.2099928
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- dc.subject.keyword Rejection
- dc.subject.keyword Gender
- dc.subject.keyword Age
- dc.subject.keyword Tinder
- dc.subject.keyword Online dating
- dc.title Tinder un-choosing: the six stages of mate discarding in a patriarchal technology
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