Thesis Question and Statement of Purpose
For my term project for my Evolution and Trends in Digital Media course in the MCDM program, I propose conducting research focusing on the phenomenom of online dating. For purposes of this proposal, online dating shall be defined as the collective body of subject matter and practices related to using the contemporary web to find romantic partners. The adjective “romantic” herein does quite possibly possess a broad definition, but the project itself will be contained in a much narrower field of focus — romantic will have to be specifically defined. (I will probably settle in the final presentation on defining romantic partnering as the act of finding a longterm familial relationship, so as to exclude more than a cursory glance at services and practices related to casual dating and sexual encounters.) In terms of my thesis, I intend to answer the specific question: has online dating become a “supervening social necessity”; meaning, is going online to find a dating partner productive, useful, and most importantly, ubiquitous, and what does that mean? (more…)
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