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Online Matchmaking

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  • © 2007

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Editors:
  1. Monica T. Whitty

    1. Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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  2. Andrea J. Baker

    1. Ohio University, USA

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  3. James A. Inman

    1. University of Tennessee, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Monica T. Whitty
      Pages 1-14

  3. Defining Online Matchmaking

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. From the BBS to the Web: Tracing the Spaces of Online Romance

      • Dànielle Nicole DeVoss
      Pages 17-30

    3. Cyborgasms: Ten Years On and Not Enough Learned

      • Robin Hamman
      Pages 31-39

    4. Scripting the Rules for Mars and Venus: Advice Literature and Online Dating

      • Susanna Paasonen
      Pages 40-53

  5. Online Dating Progression to Face-to-face: Success or Failure?

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-95
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    2. Expressing Emotion in Text: Email Communication of Online Couples

      • Andrea J. Baker
      Pages 97-111

    3. A Progressive Affair: Online Dating to Real World Mating

      • Katelyn Y. A. McKenna
      Pages 112-124

  6. Darker Sides of Online Dating

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Cyberstalking as (Mis)matchmaking

      • Brian H. Spitzberg, William R. Cupach
      Pages 127-146

    3. Cyber-Victimisation and Online Dating

      • Robert A. Jerin, Beverly Dolinsky
      Pages 147-156

  7. Online Dating Sub-groups

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. Sexual Orientation Moderates Online Sexual Activities

      • Robin M. Mathy
      Pages 159-177

    3. Whips and Chains? Fact or Fiction? Content Analysis of Sadomasochism in Internet Personal Advertisements

      • Diane Kholos Wysocki, Jennifer Thalken
      Pages 178-196

    4. Conclusion

      • Monica T. Whitty
      Pages 197-201
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About this book

Online Matchmaking examines the joys, fears, and disappointments of hooking up with people in cyberspace. Unlike many other books in the field, this collection includes studies by experts from a range of disciplines including Communications, Cultural Studies, Health, Journalism, Psychology, Rhetoric, and Sociology.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

    Monica T. Whitty

  • Ohio University, USA

    Andrea J. Baker

  • University of Tennessee, USA

    James A. Inman

About the editors

JULIE M. ALBRIGHT Lecturer in Sociology, University of Southern California, USA WILLIAM R. CUPACH Professor of Communication, Illinois State University USA DÀNIELLE NICOLE DEVOSS Associate Professor and Director of Professional Writing, Michigan State University, USA BEVERLY DOLINSKY Professor of Psychology, Endicott College, USA ALICE HORNING Professor of Rhetoric and Linguistics, Oakland University, Rochester, USA ROBERT A. JERIN Professor of Law and Justice, Endicott College, USA ROBIN M. MATHY Oxford University KATELYN Y. A. MCKENNA (Yael Kaynan) Senior Lecturer in the Departments of Communication at Ben-Gurion University and The Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel SUSANNA PAASONEN Assistant Professor in Digital Culture, University of Jyväskylä, Finland BRIAN H. SPITZBERG School of Communication, San Diego University, USA JENNIFER THALKEN currently working on her Special Education Teaching Credential at National University, California, USA DIANE KHOLOS WYSOCKI Professor of Sociology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USA

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