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.


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