Man, Media and the Quest for Love. Online dating and Self-identity Cover Image

Mедийният човек в търсене на любовта. Онлайн запознанства и изграждане на идентичност
Man, Media and the Quest for Love. Online dating and Self-identity

Author(s): Anelia Alexandrova
Subject(s): Philosophy, Social Sciences, Social Philosophy, Communication studies, Sociology
Published by: Факултет по журналистика и масова комуникация, Софийски университет „Св. Кл. Охридски”
Keywords: social interaction; online dating; technologies; self-identity; connect disconnect; loneliness

Summary/Abstract: The concept of online dating is not completely unknown in Bulgarian society but it is certainly not sufficiently researched. On the other hand, technology constantly provides newer ways of establishing social contacts online, shaking cultural norms, traditions and stereotypes. Ultimately, we have overcome the limitations of time and space with regard to meeting and matching and we now have to establish a new way of experiencing “the self”. According to Giddens, self-identity means the self as reflexively understood by the person in terms of her or his biography. It’s not static but “something that has to be routinely created”. So how do we self-identify online? And how do we self-represent online? The Tinder case: self-image, self-identity and self-representation, the ideal You and ideal Me, social interaction and loneliness.The concept of online dating is not completely unknown in Bulgarian society but it is certainly not sufficiently researched. On the other hand, technology constantly provides newer ways of establishing social contacts online, shaking cultural norms, traditions and stereotypes. Ultimately, we have overcome the limitations of time and space with regard to meeting and matching and we now have to establish a new way of experiencing “the self”. According to Giddens, self-identity means the self as reflexively understood by the person in terms of her or his biography. It’s not static but “something that has to be routinely created”. So how do we self-identify online? And how do we self-represent online? The Tinder case: self-image, self-identity and self-representation, the ideal You and ideal Me, social interaction and loneliness

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 34-48
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Bulgarian