Online Dating as A Strategic Game

Released on by Maurice Kwok-to Choi
preview-18

  • Online Dating as A Strategic Game Book Detail

  • Author : Maurice Kwok-to Choi
  • Release Date : 2013-12-03
  • Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Pages : 177
  • ISBN 13 : 3642399851
  • File Size : 30,30 MB
DOWNLOAD BOOK

Online Dating as A Strategic Game by Maurice Kwok-to Choi PDF Summary

Book Description: Based on a study using online ethnography as the major research method, this book explains why and how men in Hong Kong use QQ—an online instant messenger—to “chase” women in mainland China, especially in the neighboring city of Shenzhen. Chasing women through QQ is a reciprocal exchange process during which the resources to be exchanged in the interaction are not negotiated. Rather, the men provide resources to the women, hoping for rewards in return that are not guaranteed. This characteristic of the exchange makes men who chase women through QQ very strategic in their action. They try to maximize the rewards and minimize the costs by adopting myriad strategies, such as constructing an attractive online identity by strategic self-presentation. The role of emotions in the exchange process is also examined. Men learn the emotional norms through the online forum, but sometimes it is difficult for them to control their emotions; some men fall in love when they are not supposed to. As it happens, they have failed to calculate the costs and rewards rationally in that they may provide too many resources to the women without getting enough rewards in return. This book provides original insights into the thought processes, motivations, desires, anxieties and risks of Hong Kong men seeking short-term sexual relations with women on the mainland. These insights are highly relevant to our understanding of the quickly evolving use of social media, a phenomenon of worldwide importance and deep implications.

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own Online Dating as A Strategic Game books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

Online Dating as A Strategic Game

Online Dating as A Strategic Game

File Size : 76,76 MB
Total View : 226 Views
DOWNLOAD

Based on a study using online ethnography as the major research method, this book explains why and how men in Hong Kong use QQ—an online instant messenger—t

Swipe - The Game has Changed

Swipe - The Game has Changed

File Size : 85,85 MB
Total View : 5515 Views
DOWNLOAD

Sex, dates and relationships are just a swipe away. Millions of encounters are happening all over the globe every minute because of the smartphone. Goodbye comp