Meeting, mating, and cheating : sex, love, and the new world of online dating
by
Orr, Andrea.
Title
:
Meeting, mating, and cheating : sex, love, and the new world of online dating
Author
:
Orr, Andrea.
ISBN
:
9780131418080
Personal Author
:
Orr, Andrea.
Publication Information
:
Upper Saddle River, NJ : FT Prentice Hall, c2004.
Physical Description
:
xvi, 181 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
:
1. Sex, Companionship and Power Tools -- 2. The Way We Were -- 3. What Price Love? -- 4. Love Minus Chemistry Equals Friendship -- 5. Needle in a Haystack -- 6. Burkas and Visas -- 7. Will It Sell in Shanghai? -- 8. Sex, Companionship and Car Repairs -- 9. I'm Dysfunctional, You're Dysfunctional -- 10. Infidelity, Inc -- 11. The Love Bunker -- 12. Beyond the Laptop -- 13. Sex, Companionship and the Used-Car Dealer.
Abstract
:
"This book reveals Internet dating at its most intimate, following people who are struggling to find soul mates in a sea of singles. It looks behind the scenes of the world's largest subscription dating service, illuminating the business of Internet dating. It exposes the hidden underside of Internet dating: the lying and "general weirdness" that are still just a click away, and the growing use of the Web to facilitate cheating. It tours the world, showing how Internet dating is connecting people from Belfast to Beijing."--BOOK JACKET.
Subject Term
:
Dating (Social customs) -- Computer network resources.
Personals -- Computer network resources.
Man-woman relationships -- Computer network resources.
Mate selection -- Computer network resources.
Interpersonal relations -- Computer network resources.
Internet -- Social aspects.
| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Copy |
|---|
| IIEMSA | General Books | 33168015761881 | 306.70285 O.75M 2004 | 1 |