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Modern Hook-up Culture
Interview
Literature Review pg.2
Content Analysis
Literature Review pg.1
Tinder only amplifies current hook-up culture by K. Schmidt
- Believes that apps, like Tinder, are over-sexualizing our generation by making it so easy to hookup
- The app is primarily used for sexual activities which is degrading the act of dating in our society
Survey Questions
No strings attached: Modern American hook-up culture by K. Velista
- Looks at the theme of hooking up in our present culture
- Although means of hooking up differ between generations, the idea of hooking up and casual sex is not
- Our generation is no more sexualized than other generations, it is just that our private lives are more public due to apps like Tinder
What we have taken from the lit review
- Common factor that casual sex is the purpose of Tinder
- With two opposing views on its effects on society’s dating culture, which is the truth?
- Gives us reason to test and research the topic to come to a general conclusion
- Not much research done in this area
Advantages
Disadvantages
- More in-Depth
- Popularity
- Accuracy
- Very personal
- People could be lying
Results: People not fully disclosing information.
Central Research Question
Ethics
Is Tinder transforming the dating culture into a hook-up culture?
Thank you for your consideration!
We open the floor for questions.
- Do users post this information solely for the eyes of other fellow Tinder users, in hopes of finding a match, or
- Is this personal information published on the app fair game for analysis to anyone who has access to this information?
Rationale
Hypothesis: Tinder is over-sexualizing the dating culture.
Worldview
Our rationale is to increase our understanding of how and why social media is changing the dating culture.
We will use both methodological approaches
positivist/postpositivist:
- objectivity
- reductionism
- detachment
social constructivist/interpretivist
- subjectivity
- complexity
- immersion