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Människor i det digitala dejtinglandskapet - En studie om kroppens synlighet hos unga vuxna på dejtingsajterna Tinder, Badoo och Happy Pancake

Amasalidis, Marcus LU (2021) SGEK03 20202
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
The purpose of the study has been to examine how people on the three most popular dating sites for young adults in Sweden are presenting themselves in the digital landscape. People can present themselves in many ways and this study has mainly focused on the visual presentation. It has reviewed to what extent young adults emphasize their bodies on different dating sites. The study has reviewed a total of 240 profiles, whereof 80 profiles on each dating site. The three dating sites examined are Tinder, Badoo and Happy Pancake. The result of the study shows that the users on Tinder and Badoo tend to emphasize the body somewhat more than the users on Happy Pancake, no matter if it were only concerning the profile pictures or concerning all... (More)
The purpose of the study has been to examine how people on the three most popular dating sites for young adults in Sweden are presenting themselves in the digital landscape. People can present themselves in many ways and this study has mainly focused on the visual presentation. It has reviewed to what extent young adults emphasize their bodies on different dating sites. The study has reviewed a total of 240 profiles, whereof 80 profiles on each dating site. The three dating sites examined are Tinder, Badoo and Happy Pancake. The result of the study shows that the users on Tinder and Badoo tend to emphasize the body somewhat more than the users on Happy Pancake, no matter if it were only concerning the profile pictures or concerning all pictures. The study also showed that it is of no importance if the users came from Lund/Malmö or a smaller town, they seem to present their bodies in a similar way on the different dating sites. (Less)
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author
Amasalidis, Marcus LU
supervisor
organization
course
SGEK03 20202
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Badoo, Dejting, Dejtingsajter, Det absoluta rummet, Det digitala landskapet, Det relativa rummet, Det verkliga landskapet, Happy Pancake, Identitet, Intrycksstyrning, Tinder
language
Swedish
id
9052719
date added to LUP
2021-06-15 16:29:07
date last changed
2021-06-17 08:23:05
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of the study has been to examine how people on the three most popular dating sites for young adults in Sweden are presenting themselves in the digital landscape. People can present themselves in many ways and this study has mainly focused on the visual presentation. It has reviewed to what extent young adults emphasize their bodies on different dating sites. The study has reviewed a total of 240 profiles, whereof 80 profiles on each dating site. The three dating sites examined are Tinder, Badoo and Happy Pancake. The result of the study shows that the users on Tinder and Badoo tend to emphasize the body somewhat more than the users on Happy Pancake, no matter if it were only concerning the profile pictures or concerning all pictures. The study also showed that it is of no importance if the users came from Lund/Malmö or a smaller town, they seem to present their bodies in a similar way on the different dating sites.}},
  author       = {{Amasalidis, Marcus}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Människor i det digitala dejtinglandskapet - En studie om kroppens synlighet hos unga vuxna på dejtingsajterna Tinder, Badoo och Happy Pancake}},
  year         = {{2021}},
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