The art of selling one's 'self' on an online dating site: The BAR approach

Online Matchmaking

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 57-69

  Whitty, Monica T ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230206182     Document Type: Chapter

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