Not only have I learned much about how users navigate virtual spaces in search of friendship, love, and intimacy, but I’ve also found that online dating has made immense strides since the COVID pandemic.
In the last few months, I’ve been drawing from these studies and collecting interviews for my podcast, the Happs with the Apps, discussing all things dating apps. Today, studies in all shapes and sizes explore the implications of dating apps. Turning to digital media for all things love has been on the rise since the early 2000s, and we’re living in a time of swipe left-swipe right-matching immediacy. With the annual celebration of Valentine’s Day recently passed, let us examine modern celebrations of romance forming in the world of online dating services. Posted by romeroda on Wednesday, Main DH Center Blog.īy Abigail Trozenski, German, Russian & East European Studies & CMAP
The Changing Spaces of Dating Apps since COVID-19