'Quality singles': Internet dating and the work of fantasy

New Media and Society

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 671-690

  Arvidsson, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Dating; Immaterial labour; Information economy; Love; Online relationships

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746161982     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444806065663     Document Type: Article

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