Resources

General

Nader, Karim (Forthcoming) 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

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.

Online Talks

(These resources were curated by Anastasiia Babash)