Dating apps : love and relationships in contemporary Japan
| العنوان: | Dating apps : love and relationships in contemporary Japan |
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| المؤلفون: | Nascimento, Catarina Maria Duarte dos Santos de Oliveira |
| المساهمون: | Barrento, António Eduardo Hawthorne, Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa |
| سنة النشر: | 2020 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Domínio/Área Científica::Ciências Sociais::Sociologia |
| الوصف: | After living in Japan for a semester, I noticed certain tendencies considering interpersonal relationships patterns, specifically about Dating Apps. Which lead me to research about their usage. The main question of this thesis is not in the centre stage in the Asian Studies field of research. It is an issue discussed by the media, especially the online based media. Although most of it is looked on with western or westernized eyes, there are many Japan-based websites and even YouTube channels discussing it. There is a concern relating to the lack of natality and the so called sexless culture. Japan was a country where polygamy was natural, however, in order to appeal to the West, it suppressed this culture, becoming more monogamous. Although, religion and the emperor no longer rule the sexual lives of the people, private companies as well as the Japanese government sponsor a lot of matchmaking events, in an attempt to raise the number of marriages, and consequently the natality rate. For this purpose, the Japanese government has invested many million yen in dating apps and dating app like services, such as start-up companies. There has been a rise in the deai culture, which brings people online to talk to each other in forums. The objective of these people is to find new friends or confidants, as well as dates. Deai does not detain the best reputation, which might lead to a stigma towards dating apps. Furthermore, smartphones are the leading platform in internet access in Japan, which creates auspicious conditions for the rise of said apps. Through a simultaneous analysis of the current dating situation in Japan and online dating culture, it is the goal of this work to understand dating app usage by younger layers of the population. For this objective, a case study was devised. It is comprised of an inquiry with 322 respondents. The questionnaire was circulated online as well as done in person, conducted mostly in university campuses. Dating apps are effective while online, but the end result is unpredictable due to its dependance on human and offline factors. The Japanese government’s funding would be better spent in an effort to better understand the human and cyberpsychological aspects of dating apps, rather than developing new ones |
| Contents Note: | TID:202525805 |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| الاتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/31103 |
| Rights: | open access |
| رقم الانضمام: | rcaap.com.ucp.repositorio.ucp.pt.10400.14.31103 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | RCAAP |
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