Tinder is a location-based real-time dating app
Affable Networks Sites enable new forms of relationships (Boyd and Ellison, 2007; Comunello, 2010; Boccia Altieri, 2012) and create new interaction contexts (Boyd, 2014). Given these premises, we propose onesto investigate the way technology used for courtship – particularly Tinder – influences the creation of social representations (Moscovici, 2001) and the construction of identity. From the analysis of the emerging literature (Ranzini and Lutz, 2016; David and Cambre, 2016) there is a tendency puro study dating apps mainly as verso technological object, without going into the implications these can have in the way they shape relationships. On the other hand, in our opinion, those who have studied the evolution of affable relations durante this context have not fully considered the technological impact.
Our work explores the interdependence between these two aspects: Tinder as a technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for communautaire representations. This differs from similar dating apps for three main reasons: it accelerates a accommodant movimento making online dating socially affecte; made the match system partita-like and since” everyone has it” its users perceive it more as a affable rete informatica site than a hook-up app. The key element of the interface is the swipe, derived from touch technology for mobile. Based on our batteria objectives, the evolution of the app interface and user experience will be analyzed through the concept of circularity (Ma). Per the preliminary phase, we will use exploratory focus groups esatto understand the arnesi of expectations, attitudes, opinions, desires that duplice user behavior.
The research framework: research question, objectives, method and phases The overall objective of this sistema is to explore the hypothesis of a circularity con the construction of the meanings that users share as affable representations around dating apps. We particularly propose to investigate how the technology used for courtship, influences the creation of agreable representations (Moscovici, 2001) and the construction of identity. The object of the research is Tinder as dating app observed sopra the dual aspect of: platform and per framework within which user develops self-presentation through the use of the interface. To respond adequately to the research question, our work, which is configured as a single case study (Yin, 2005, 2014) on the Tinder dating app proposes four specific objectives: ? Understanding how Tinder works as verso technological object.
It starts from per qualitative exploratory phase mediante order preciso adequately inform about the second quantitative phase by specifying the research questions and the variables that will rotaie it, in order sicuro shed light on the scarce theoretical and / or empirical knowledge of the phenomenon (Creswell and Plano Clark, 2001). The presented research plan will follow per bottom-up path, therefore: the mix strategy emerges durante the research practice onesto find adequate answers preciso the initial research questions, but it is also open to the formulation of new questions that che tipo di onesto be built up during the investigation (Thashakkori and Creswell, 2007). Con this case, adopting a Case Study Research focused on a scapolo dating app is extremely useful sopra capturing the dynamic aspects of the phenomenon that we want 
onesto investigate through the use of multiple sources of evidence.
Con fact, this research strategy is particularly suitable when the researcher has per limited control over the events, the attention is placed on a contemporary phenomenon mediante verso real life context and the research questions, as sopra this case, are oriented preciso understand “how” a indivisible phenomenon develops (Yin, 2005). To respond adequately sicuro the research question, verso mixed-method of an exploratory type was developed (Amaturo, Punziano, 2016; Teddlie, Tashakkori, 2009; Bryman, 2006). It starts from per qualitative exploratory phase in order esatto adequately inform the second quantitative phase specifying the research questions and the variables that will rotaie it, mediante order esatto shed light on the scarce theoretical and / or empirical knowledge of the phenomenon (Creswell and Plano Clark, 2001). The presented research plan will follow verso bottom-up path, therefore: the mix strategy emerges per the research practice to find adequate answers puro the initial research questions, but it is also open esatto the formulation of new questions that come preciso be built up during the investigation (Thashakkori and Creswell 2007).
We will present the results of this first research phase and the resulting methodological framework
By taking into account the objectives that the research aims onesto achieve, the sistema is divided into four phases: ? Per preliminary study on Tinder as per technological object and as verso catalyst for affable representations.
Tinder as per technological platform and dating apps as catalysts for agreable representations / Antonutti, mella, Fabio; Khaddar, MOHAMED AMINE. – (2019), pp. 319-327.