Fear of Love Online: The Effect of Religious Salience on the Early Adoption of Online Dating (2000-2005)

From 2000 to 2005, online dating became a more viable option for mate selection and its usage boomed. The early adoption period of new technology (e.g., online dating) often is vital for new behavioral norms to spread, and it also provides an important historical context for examining how social gro...

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Main Author: Gurrentz, Benjamin Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2016]
In: Interdisciplinary journal of research on religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 12, Pages: 1-22
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Conservatism / Religiosity / Mate selection / Rendezvous / Internet / Rejection of / History 2000-2005
IxTheo Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AE Psychology of religion
AG Religious life; material religion
KBQ North America
NCF Sexual ethics
TK Recent history
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
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