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Bored ghosts in the dating app assemblage : how dating app algorithms couple ghosting behaviors with a mood of boredom
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Narr, Gregory and Luong, Anh (2023) Bored ghosts in the dating app assemblage : how dating app algorithms couple ghosting behaviors with a mood of boredom. The Communication Review, 26 (1). pp. 1-23. doi:10.1080/10714421.2022.2129949 ISSN 1547-7487.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/10714421.2022.2129949
Abstract
Research on ghosting has focused on individual user experiences, psychological dispositions, and attachment styles. We add to this scholarship by broadening the level of analysis to encompass what we call the “dating app assemblage” – entailing users, moods, and algorithms. Through in-depth interviews and the “walkthrough” method, we argue the dating app assemblages of Tinder and Bumble foster boring textual exchanges conducive to ghosting (cutting off communication without notice) and flaking (canceling dates at the last minute) by algorithmically creating unequal engagement. This makes it hard for users to find substantial relationships, but it aligns with the exigencies of data-driven capitalism, where more social relations can be sold when they often disappear.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Mobile communication systems, Mobile apps, Online dating, Dating (Social customs) -- Computer network resources | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | The Communication Review | ||||||||
Publisher: | Informa UK Limited | ||||||||
ISSN: | 1547-7487 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 2023 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 26 | ||||||||
Number: | 1 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 1-23 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1080/10714421.2022.2129949 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Re-use Statement: | This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in The Communication Review on 5/10/2022 available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/10714421.2022.2129949 | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 7 December 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 5 April 2024 |
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