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APPEARANCEVS.

REALITY

HOW OUR ONLINEPROFILES AREBEGINNING TODEFINE US

Ranzini, Giulia, and Christoph Lutz. "Love at First Swipe? Explaining Tinder Self-presentation andMotives." Mobile Media & Communication (2016): n. pag. Web.

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THE USE OFONLINE DATINGAPPLICATIONSHAVE BEGAN TORISE IN AMERICABy: Talia Abramsky

Ranzini, Giulia, and Christoph Lutz. "Love at First Swipe? Explaining Tinder Self-presentation andMotives." Mobile Media & Communication (2016): n. pag. Web.

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TINDER CAUSES A"DISTRACTION FROM“REAL LIFE,” AND AFEELING OFCOMPETITION DUE TOTHE LARGE NUMBERSOF USERS"

By: Talia Abramsky

"TINDER ...MIGHT COME

WITHPRESSURES

TO LIMITVISIBILITY AND

TRY TOCONTAINSTIGMA"

By: Talia Abramsky

Ranzini, Giulia, and Christoph Lutz. "Love at First Swipe? Explaining Tinder Self-presentation andMotives." Mobile Media & Communication (2016): n. pag. Web.

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BENEFITS OF ONLINE DATING

PORTABILITY

AVAILABILITY

LOCATION BASED

MULTIMEDIA BASED

Ranzini, Giulia, and Christoph Lutz. "Love at First Swipe? Explaining Tinder Self-presentationand Motives." Mobile Media & Communication (2016): n. pag. Web.

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"The average user checkedthe app times a day minutes at a time, the firm said in 2013."

117

Harwell, Drew. "Online Dating's Age Wars: Inside Tinder and EHarmony's Fight for Our LoveLives." The Washington Post 6 Apr. 2015. Web.

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"IN 2013, OF AMERICANS SAID ONLINEDATING WAS A GOOD WAYTO MEET PEOPLE"

59%

By: Talia Abramsky Harwell, Drew. "Online Dating's Age Wars: Inside Tinder and EHarmony's Fight for Our Love

Lives." The Washington Post 6 Apr. 2015. Web. Photo: Flickr.com

But are you meeting people? Or are youmeeting who people want to be?

actually

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"as minimal an exposureas 100 ms is sufficientfor people to make aspecific trait inferencefrom a stranger's face"

FIRST IMPRESSIONS

Willis, J., and A. Todorov. "First Impressions: Making Up Your Mind After a 100-Ms Exposure to a Face." Psychological Science 17.7 (2006): 592-98. Web.

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Therefore, "actionsaimed at improvingthe likelihood ofattracting a match,including presentinga deceptive versionof oneself, could bebeneficial for userswith low self-esteem."

Krämer, N. C., & Winter, S. Impression management 2.0: The relationship of self-esteem, extraversion, self-efficacy, and self-presentation within social networking sites. Journal of Media Psychology, 20(3), 106–116. (2008). Web.

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IF BOTH PARTIES SWIPE RIGHTA MATCH OCCURS!

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ON THE OTHERHAND, IF THE PARTIESDO NOT "LIKE" EACHOTHER, NO MATCHOCCURS ANDINDIVIDUAL FEELBADLY ABOUTTHEMSELVES.

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Payne, Elizabeth. "Study Links Poor Teen Mental Health to Social Media Use." Ottawa Citizen.N.p., 08 Aug. 2015. Web.

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THERE IS ACONNECTIONBETWEEN ANINDIVIDUALWHO IS A

HEAVY USEROF SOCIALMEDIA AND

POORMENTALHEALTH

By: Talia Abramsky

Bielski, Zosia. "Portrait of an E-family: How They're Making Their Hyper-digitalLives Work." The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail, 23 Aug. 2013. Web.

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UNFORTUNATELY,WE HAVE"TURNED OURATTENTIONS TOAN “ONLINEWORLD OFINTIMATESTRANGERS”"AND ALLOW THEMTO CONTROLOUR FEELINGSAND EMOTIONS

By: Talia Abramsky

“IF OUR ATTENTION ISON AN INVISIBLE

AUDIENCE RATHER THANTHE PRESENT MOMENT,

WE ARE DISCONNECTED.OUR DEVICES ARE

BEGINNING TO CONTROLOUR ATTENTION AND

MOTIVATIONS IN WAYSWE MAY NOT EVEN

REALIZE.”- DAVID MAXFIELD

Vital Smarts. "Society's New Addiction: Getting a "Like" over Having a Life." Vital Smarts. N.p.,2015. Web.

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Matrix, Sidneyeve. “Module 02Lecture 02 PR Slides.” OnQ.com.

2016. Web.Photo: Freepik.com

JUST LIKE ANADVERTISEMENT,

YOUR ONLINEPROFILE SHOULDINCLUDE YOURPERSONALITYRATHER THANJUST YOUR

APPEARANCE."EXPRESSIONS

ARE MOREVALUABLE THANIMPRESSIONS"

By: Talia Abramsky

Krashinsky, Susan. "Super Bowl Advertising Won't Wait for Commercial Breaks." The Globe and Mail.TORONTO — The Globe and Mail, 30 Jan. 2014. Web.

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THE SUPERBOWL COMMERCIALS,ADVERTISEMENTS, ARE JUDGED IN

20 SECONDSTHIS IS LONGER THAN AN INDIVIDUAL DECIDING

TO SWIPE RIGHT OR LEFT.

By: Talia Abramsky

IS ONLINE DATINGA POSITIVE OR

NEGATIVEADDITION TO

SOCIAL MEDIA?

"FOR JENNYSWIPING RIGHT

FOUND HERMR.RIGHT"

Renfro, Kim. "This Couple Got Married after Swiping Right on Tinder: The App Isn't 'just about HookingUp'" Business Insider. Business Insider, Inc, 20 Aug. 2015. Web. (Photo also from this source) By: Talia Abramsky

"ONLINE DATING APPSAPPEAR TO HAVE BEENSTRIPPED DOWNPEOPLES’ MOSTSUPERFICIALQUALITIES."JUST LIKE A BRANDGETS JUDGED FOR ITSADVERTISEMENTAUTOMATICALLY.

Opperman, Mara. "The Superficiality of Online Dating Apps." Huffington Post 20 Feb.2015. Web.

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