A dating site has been told to take down its ads, but science highlights some fascinating truths about internet love.
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Dating apps have changed the way people present themselves. Visual cues and short 100 word bios are the new currency of dating.
Online dating has been around for more than 20 years, but for the most part, the goal has been to eventually meet your new paramour face to face. Virtual reality could change that.
Are dating apps destroying men’s self-esteem?
The “Xennials” are supposedly a group born between the late 1970s and early 1980s, who were born analogue and became digital adults. But the evidence for their existence isn’t as clear-cut as we might hope.
If you’re looking for love on a dating app then beware the trolls - and consider upgrading to a paid service to get away from them.
Dating apps are convenient – but they lack the sensuality craved by Victorian aesthetes.
Data from swiping apps like Tinder are giving researchers a window into how dating and relationships could be changing.
Bringing back the diminished tradition of eating lunch together may be the solution.
No amount of whittling down dating criteria to glasses, beards, or tattoos will allow you to bypass the simple fact that finding someone takes work.
The key to finding the right partner is all in your head.
A human development researcher decided to find out if people who are anxious about dating or about what their partner thinks of them are more likely to sext.
Fibbers beware: experts have developed a new digital lie detector.
How do you sell something that people want, but aren’t prepared to admit to? No, the online dating industry doesn’t know either.
When it comes to forming relationships it turns out opposites certainly don’t attract, that love is blind and we tend to love our neighbours.
When it comes to dating, take Nietzsche’s advice and have the big picture – finding a lifelong friend – in mind.
Flashing in public is illegal, shouldn’t its online equivalent be treated the same way?
Exploring the joys and pitfalls of digital romance.
Dating has gone from seeking soulmates to swiping faces to kill time. What happened?
Technology brings us together, but also creates distance – which doesn’t bode well for relationships.
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Associate Professor, School of Health Studies, Western University
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British Academy postdoctoral fellow, University of Warwick
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Professor of Media and Communication and Chief Investigator, ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making + Society, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer in Applied Ethics, University of Leeds
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Concordia University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology of Relationships, University of South Wales
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia
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Associate Dean (Learning & Teaching) Faculty of Creative Industries, Education and Social Justice, Queensland University of Technology
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Scientia Professor of Evolution, UNSW
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Director, Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics, University of Manitoba
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Associate Professor, School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University
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Honorary Research Fellow of The Ethics Lab, University of Cape Town
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology
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Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor, Federation University Australia