[Air-l] New book - Online Matchmaking

[David Brake]

Most of us probably fought early on against the notion that Internet  
use is all about sex. Well much of the time it isn't but sometimes it  
is about sex - or love - and considering the amount of public  
interest in this use of the Internet this aspect is surprisingly  
under-studied (qualitatively at least). So here's a timely collection  
of essays potentially useful for your own research, teaching or just  
coming up with interesting anecdotes at cocktail parties...

http://www.palgrave.com/newsearch/Catalogue.aspx?is=1403998493

[blurb follows]

Online Matchmaking examines the joys, fears, and disappointments of  
hooking up with people in cyberspace. Unlike most other books that  
exist in this field, this collection includes studies by experts from  
a variety of disciplines, including Communications, Cultural studies,  
English, Health, Journalism, Psychology, Rhetoric, and Sociology.  
Online Matchmaking could be used as a primary or secondary resource  
for any subject that focuses on cyber-relationships.

Contents:
Introduction; M.T.Whitty
PART 1: DEFINING ONLINE MATCHMAKING
 From the BBS to the Web: Tracing the Spaces of Online Romance;  
D.N.DeVoss
Cyborgasms: Ten Years On and Not Enough Learned; R.Hamman
Scripting the Rules for Mars and Venus: Advice Literature and Online  
Dating; S.Paasonen
PART 2: PRESENTATION OF SELF TO ATTRACT LOVERS
The Art of Selling One's 'Self' on an Online Dating Site: The BAR  
Approach; M.T.Whitty
Examining Personal Ads and Job Ads; A.Horning
How Do I Love Thee and Thee and Thee: Self-presentation, Deception,  
and Multiple Relationships Online; J.M.Albright
PART 3: ONLINE DATING PROGRESSION TO FACE-TO-FACE: SUCCESS OR FAILURE?
Expressing Emotion in Text: Email Communication of Online Couples;  
A.J.Baker
A Progressive Affair: Online Dating to Real World Mating; K.Y.A.McKenna
PART 4: DARKER SIDES OF ONLINE DATING
Cyber-Stalking as (Mis)Matchmaking; B.H.Spitzberg & W.R.Cupach
Cyber-Victimization and Online Dating; R.A.Jerin & B.Dolinsky
PART 5: ONLINE DATING SUB-GROUPS
Sexual Orientation Moderates Online Sexual Activities; R.M.Mathy
Whips and Chains? Fact or Fiction?: Content Analysis of Sadomasochism  
in Internet Personal Advertisements; D.K.Wysocki & J.Thalken
Conclusion: M.T.Whitty


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David Brake, Doctoral Student in Media and Communications, London  
School of Economics & Political Science
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