Dating apps have become one of the most prominent and contentious topics in the realm of
intimacy among the wider public and academia. Media and communication researchers …

Online dating websites and apps offer an array of conveniences that have captivated those
looking to form new relationships. However, as these platforms have grown in popularity …

This paper makes a case for addressing humour as an online safety issue so that social
media platforms can include it in their risk assessments and harm mitigation strategies. We …

As dating apps continue to receive pressure from civil society, media and governments to
address a range of safety concerns, technology companies have developed and deployed a …

Workers from a variety of industries rapidly shifted to remote work at the onset of the COVID-
19 pandemic. While existing work has examined the impact of this shift on office workers …

Dating apps are a popular tool for finding sexual and romantic partners. Yet, these apps can
pose risks that arise from gendered affordances of technology that users deploy to harass …

Dating app facilitated sexual assault (DAppSA) is a concerning phenomenon with minimal
published research. This retrospective study explored if DAppSAs were different than other …

In two pre-registered experiments with German samples, we tested the role of endorsement
of the Madonna-whore-dichotomy and the relationship context (sex in a committed …

Acts of sexual aggression are sometimes initiated through an online dating arrangement or
encounter (eg, through Tinder, Bumble). Certain personality and physical traits may be …

This study examines the phenomenon of ghosting on the mobile dating app Tinder among
Slovenia's dating app users. Ghosting is defined as the unexpected unilateral termination of …