Outline

Authors:
Michele Aulenti
Jessica Fine
Derek Varga

Introduction

1. What are the current tribulations and dilemmas in computer mediated dating?

2. What are the positives resulting from online dating?

3. What are the current issues and circumstances in face to face dating?

The Bias of Online Dating

1. One of the major problems in online dating has been predators and pedophiles preying on young adolescents and young adults.

2. Many Internet users lie about anything from their appearance, age, geographical location, income, anything in order to enhance an opportunity to date someone online, thereby deceiving the person they are trying to court.

3. With face to face dating, there is a more immediate connection with the person, where as the Internet almost acts as a filter between the dating participants.

4. By putting personal information and pictures online, protection of privacy and staying safe has become a real risk factor among the online dating scene.

5. What are the methods of online dating and how do they differ between adolescents and adults? How does exposure to different types of applications or websites (AOL chats, match.com, etc.) sway the way they choose to date?

Coverage does Matter

1. Accuracy is of utmost importance when covering sensitive issues, such as pedophilia in the world of online dating. It’s important in order to warn and not scare those who are interesting in the online dating scene.

2. By revealing a wealth of information about online dating, facts will be extracted in order to shed light upon associated stigma.

3. Information about online dating seems to be more accurate and relevant in published articles and blogs, rather than books, since the subject is relatively new.

4. A comparison between how much emphasis is put on the potential positive results of using an online dating service versus the emphasis on the potential negatives (in the form of warnings, etc.)

5. A comparison between how much emphasis is put on the potential positive results of being apart of face-to-face dating versus the emphasis on the potential negatives (in the form of warnings, etc.)

6. Ending relationships online versus face-to-face relationships.

Articles available about our subject of online dating

1. There is a significant amount of information available in shorter online scholarly sources.

2. Many published books have been found which can aid in putting this research paper together.

3. The longest articles are in the areas of managing impressions online and the reasons why people choose to online date.

4. Some of the most recent articles mention the popularity of online dating within dating websites.

5. Online dating coverage has become very popular since the emergence of popular sites such as match.com for example, and how people within our society have been successful with these types of sites.

Computer mediated online dating versus face-to-face dating

1. What are the major differences?

2. What are the dangers?

3. What are the advantages?

4. How does online dating work? Do users prefer chat rooms versus registered dating sites?

5. How does face-to-face dating work? Do people meet at work? Clubs? Bars? Libraries?

6. How fast does an online relationship progress as compared to a face-to-face relationship?

7. How do one-night encounters compare in online versus in real life?

8. At what point does online dating move to a first face-to-face encounter?

9. What is it like for teenagers to date online? What about teens dating face-to-face?

10. What is it like for adults to date online? What about adults dating face-to-face?

Risks and Responsibilities

1. Do the businesses that own these websites have just as much of a responsibility (or should they), to ensure the safety and privacy of their clients?

2. What common cautionary measures do online and internet dating share?

3. There might be an issue with the importance of information the articles have regarding our subject.

4. Examination of the attempts of online networks and dating sites to separate minors from adults, and their effectiveness.

5. Privacy policies and agreements of online networks and dating sites that users agree to when they sign up.

Conclusion

1. The full truth, the good and the bad, about online dating will be revealed in this white paper.

2. The vast differences between adults and teens dating online will be exposed.

3. The risks will be made prevalent about interacting online with strangers and possible pedophiliacs.

4. Face-to-face dating will be compared with online to show the similarities and differences, in hopes of raising the stigma of online dating.

5. Online works provide a good gauge of coverage, but we are not using these sources as prime sources.

6. Will our topic become more prevalent in published books in the future?

7. What is the outcome of online dating participants? Who (teenagers or adults) will be apart of this outcome?

8. What approaches will be taken if matters of online dating will become a problem in the future (e.g. pedophiles and privacy)?

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