General

Elsa Kugelberg, (2025) Dating Apps and the Digital Sexual Sphere. American Political Science Review.

Nader, Karim (2024) The gamification of dating online. In: Theoria

McKeever, Natasha (2022) Online Dating and Love Robots – How Technology May Undermine Valuable Features of Romantic Love, In:The Philosophy of Love in the Past, Present and Future, (Routledge) edited by Andre Grahle, Natasha McKeever, and Joe Saunders.

Klincewicz, Michal; Frank,  Lily E.; Jane, Emma (2022). Ethics of Matching: Mobile and web-based dating and hook up platforms. In: Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Sex and Sexuality: 553-576.

Punyanunt-Carter, Narissra M.; Wrench, Jason S. (2017). The Impact of Social Media in Modern Romantic Relationships. Lexington Books.

Cleary, Skye C.; Pigliucci, Massimo (2020). Hang the DJ and Digital Dating: Should We Use Computers to Help Us Find Mates? In: Black Mirror and Philosophy: Dark Reflections: 168-177.

Anderson, Monica; Vogels, Emily A.; Turner, Erica (2020). The virtues and downsides of online dating.

Wiederhold, Brenda K. (2021). How COVID Has Changed Online Dating – And What Lies Ahead. In: Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 24(7): 435-436. 

Ben-Ze'ev, Aaron (2004). Love online: Emotions on the Internet, Cambridge University Press.

Chan, Lik Sam (2021) The Politics of Dating Apps: gender, sexuality, and emerging publics in urban China, MIT Press

Ethical design

De Vries, Bouke (2023). Selling visibility-boosts on dating apps: A problematic practice? In: Ethics and Information Technology, 25(2): 1-8.

De Vries, Bouke (2024). State-Run Dating Apps: Are They Morally Desirable? In: Philosophy and Technology 37 (1): 1-21.

Nader, Karim (2020). Dating Through The Filters. In: Social Philosophy and Policy 37(2): 237-248.

James, Jessica L. (2017). Love at our fingertips: Exploring the design implications of mobile dating technologies. In: Sex in the Digital Age: 57-67.

Pronk Tila M., Denissen Jaap J. A. (2019). A Rejection Mind-Set: Choice Overload in Online Dating. In: Social Psychological and Personality Science 11(3): 388-396. 

Gender and racial questions

Curington, Celeste Vaughan; Lundquist, Jennifer Hickes; Lin, Ken-Hou (2021). The Dating Divide: Race and Desire in the Era of Online Romance. University of California Press.

Berkowitz, Dana; Tinkler,  Justine; Peck, Alana; Coto, Lynnette (2021). Tinder: A Game with Gendered Rules and Consequences. In: Social Currents 8(5): 491-509.

Williams, Apryl (2024). Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating. Stanford University Press.

Infidelity

Schneider, Simone. 2026. ‘Caring for yourself and caring for your partner? The discursive legitimization of infidelity on dating platforms’ New Media and Society. published online here.

Alexopoulos, Cassandra, Timmermans, Elisabeth, & McNallie, Jenna (2020). Swiping more, committing less: Unraveling the links among dating app use, dating app success, and intention to commit infidelity. In: Computers in Human Behavior 102: 172–180.