DigiLove
- Project period: 2021 - 2026
- Category: In-house Project
Description
The DigiLove project focuses on dating platforms and dating apps, and users of these technologies. Digital dating is a large industry which has had a crucial impact on how people form romantic relationships, especially young adults. The number of involuntary singles has been rising significantly in industrialized societies, and dating technologies is the main way couples meet today. Dating practices and dating rituals in one focal point of this project. The project also aims to explore to what extent dating technology live up to their promises through analyses of monetization models, platforms characteristics, and platform design.
Financing
The project is financed by Kristiania University College
Participants
Lene Pettersen
- Project manager
- Associate Professor
Kristiania University College
Institutt for kommunikasjon
Lene Pettersen
Faltin Karlsen
- Professor
- Pro-Dean
Kristiania University College
School CLM administrasjon
Faltin Karlsen
Publications
- Pettersen, Lene & Karlsen, Faltin (2022). Match made in the technical heaven – a discourse analysis of dating technologies.