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Online matchmaking

Author: Monica T Whitty; Andrea J Baker; James A Inman
Publisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.
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Online Matchmaking examines the joys, fears, and disappointments of hooking up with people in cyberspace. Unlike most other books that exist in this field, this collection includes studies by experts from a variety of disciplines, including Communications, Cultural studies, English, Health, Journalism, Psychology, Rhetoric, and Sociology. Online Matchmaking could be used as a primary or secondary resource for any  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Online matchmaking.
Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007
(OCoLC)647688369
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Monica T Whitty; Andrea J Baker; James A Inman
ISBN: 9781403998491 1403998493
OCLC Number: 76829077
Description: xiv, 209 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents: From the BBS to the web : tracing the spaces of online romance / Dànielle Nicole DeVoss --
Cyborgasms : ten years on and not enough learned / Robin Hamman --
Scripting the rules for Mars and Venus : advice literature and online dating / Susanna Paasonen --
The art of selling one's 'self' on an online dating site : the BAR approach / Monica T. Whitty --
Examining personal ads and job ads / Alice Horning --
How do I love thee and thee and thee : self-presentation, deception, and multiple relationships online / Julie M. Albright --
Expressing emotion in text : email communication of online couples / Andrea J. Baker --
A progressive affair : online dating to real world mating / Katelyn Y.A. McKenna --
Cyberstalking as (mis)matchmaking / Brian H. Spitzberg, William R. Cupach --
Cyber-victimisation and online dating / Robert A. Jerin, Beverly Dolinsky --
Sexual orientation moderates online sexual activities / Robin M. Mathy --
Whips and chains? Fact or fiction? Content analysis of sadomasochism in Internet personal advertisements / Diane Kholos Wysocki, Jennifer Thalken.
Responsibility: edited by Monica T. Whitty, Andrea J. Baker, and James A. Inman.
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Online Matchmaking examines the joys, fears, and disappointments of hooking up with people in cyberspace. Unlike most other books that exist in this field, this collection includes studies by experts from a variety of disciplines, including Communications, Cultural studies, English, Health, Journalism, Psychology, Rhetoric, and Sociology. Online Matchmaking could be used as a primary or secondary resource for any subject that focuses on cyber-relationships.

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