Match. Chat. Date. Tinder Utilize In Hong Kong and Southern Korea

Venture team

• An Ha Hyun
• Ling Rosemary
• Yu Cheuk Ying

Project supervisor

Approach to project

• Empirical inquiry

Project theme(s)

• gender/sexuality
• identification
• media/communication

Task work

Analysis subject

Within the previous decade, dating applications have grown to be ever more popular. Tinder has a lot more than 50 million users all over the globe, and whenever folks are speaking about dating apps, Tinder could be the very first software that arises within our minds. As a result of increasing interest in it in parts of asia, you want to check to the use and effects that Tinder brings to users both in Hong Kong and Southern Korea.

You want to include different sociological and concepts that are cultural give an explanation for sensation and conditions that we now have seen throughout our task. Additionally, you want to comprehend the users’ motives for making use of Tinder and also to distinguish and investigate the attributes of self-presentation among users.

For the task, we desire to offer insights for individuals to know more info on the functions, features, and possible impacts which could bring from Tinder and relating the many social problems to your digital dating platform.

• Just how can Tinder users prove in dating apps? Do you know the similarities and differences when considering Hong Kong and Korea?
• Do you know the factors this kind of similarities and differences?
• How can the digital setting that is realistic of affect its users in regards to self-presentation and impression administration?

Technique

Online Questionnaires In order to judge the self-presentation of Tinder users in Hong Kong and Korea, a questionnaire that is online carried out to gather more extensive information both in nations. Snowball sampling ended up being used to collect the information. The questionnaire that is online been delivered to buddies that are making use of Tinder as well as been uploaded to various social media marketing platforms. Numerous choice concerns, open-ended questions, and score concerns were utilized to get the responses. The concerns regarding the questionnaire that is online fundamental demographics, their motives to utilize Tinder, self-presentations on Tinder and their objectives towards the potential romantic partner, etc.

In-depth Interviews aside from on line questionnaires, we have additionally conducted five in-depth and semi-structured interviews. The interviews try to do have more learnings that are in-depth their experiences on dating apps and their particular presentations of self in the apps. Our concerns primarily concentrate on the after aspects:

• Just just What did you wish to highlight once you had been producing your profile? Why?
• What is the most important function that allows you to choose to swipe right or kept? Why?
• Do you believe there are any differences when considering your portrait on Tinder as well as in truth?

Ethnographic Studies we have included an ethnographic study in our research as we tried to understand the actual situation and experience on the Tinder platform. We had set up three feminine Tinder records in both national nations along with real-life interactions along with other users regarding the software. Out of this approach, we now have gained much deeper and insights that are first-hand Tinder’s interactions, individual actions,

Significant findings

Both Hong Kong and Korean Tinder users revealed impression management to formulate their self-presentation inside their most readily useful, to boost the match possibility. Hong Kong users had been highly mindful which they had been attempting to look their utmost, perhaps significantly more than the way they perceived their typical self as. In addition, they desired to set up a version that is best of these “true-selves”, maybe not another distinctive identity. Korean users, on the other side hand, put less difference between your true self and also the portrayed, best form of self, thinking that as we have all objectives to see the most readily useful potential match, it is not a beautified version or cover-up per se so it is natural to look the best.

The self-presentation features highlighted aided by the desirability that is highest were look and sociable character both for areas. This choosing correlates to your scholarly review prior to your research. For Korean users, the notion of ‘all-roundness’ contributed as a crucial kind of self-presentation that grants social acceptance and rewards – the notion also partakes in self-construction associated with individual.

The 2 areas had results that are different exposing socio-political problems on Tinder. Hong Kong users were so much more at ease in exposing their social/political views, to get those people who are more that is‘trustworthy the exact same views. Hong Kong users also used keywords or emojis to represent their individual likes/stance, such as ‘420’, ‘420 friendly’ (indicating cannabis ownership) or ‘STD free’ or ‘white-card’ (popularly known as enrollment card if you have disabilities). Korean users had been less available to sharing views that are such Tinder, and minimal to no pages freely claimed their viewpoints. The earlier mentioned all-roundness seems to have a direct impact on strong view sharing in this respect. The key words Korean users commonly used had been pertaining to intimate choices or social status, such as ‘ONS’ (One evening Stand), ‘FWB’ (Friends With Benefit) or ‘Dae-gi-oep’ (Working in big corporate such as for example Samsung or LG – showing proven monetary and intellectual security).

Both Hong Kong and Southern Korea revealed tendencies of socially built gender norms and heteronormativity – Gender stereotyping perceptions led in to the common social training from the app that is dating. In Hong Kong, females had been discovered become additional apprehensive about scam and security risks whenever fulfilling an individual in truth. The small existence of non-heterosexual partner seekers in Hong Kong can be because of Grindr application, a similar functioning app for queer individuals to link. Korean female users revealed less caution in socializing and conference matches. Yet it is hard to declare that Korean users are less normalized in gender-performance – instead, the sex performance metrics have actually altered and strengthened in line with the environment that is modern time.

Personal Impact of Tinder for Hong Kong users had been more than for Korean users when it comes to self-validation and esteem, possibly as a result of Korean users’ less importance put on Tinder as a matchmaking app. Overall, online dating app has become less of a taboo both for areas, and it is becoming increasingly popular.

Last work description

Creating a manual which includes the facts of our research and outcomes happens to be chosen once the structure of y our last work. Even as we seek to provide our data in a definite and arranged method, a manual is easy-to-read, and it also could impress to your readers’ interest and attention.

Within the manual, our company is wanting to allow our visitors having a far more knowledge that is in-depth of Tinder software. We’ve included and collected all our research outcomes through the online questionnaires, in-depth interviews, and on the web ethnographic study, and introduced it to your manual in a way that is precise.