TY - BOOK
T1 - Language and Sexuality in an Online-Mediated World
T2 - Interactional Workings of Desire in Heterosexual Online Dating
AU - Mortensen, Kristine Køhler
PY - 2015/2/27
Y1 - 2015/2/27
N2 - Online media takes on an increasingly prominent role in contemporary society in shaping the initiation
and
structuring
of romantic contacts. However, little is known empirically about how such processes
actually plays out.
The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the linguistic, semiotic, and interactional
creation and negotiation of romantic intimate relationships
in heterosexual online dating activities.
Within the framework of sociocultural linguistics and feminist linguistics as well as the rather new field
of language, gender, and sexuality the dissertation works to empirically ground theories of desire and
sexu
ality. Based on
a
dataset consisting of naturally occurring user
-
to
-
user email and instant messaging
interaction, friends’ shared readings of online dating profiles, participant observation, and interviews
the dissertation presents four journal articles th
at shed light on different aspects of desire formation.
AB - Online media takes on an increasingly prominent role in contemporary society in shaping the initiation
and
structuring
of romantic contacts. However, little is known empirically about how such processes
actually plays out.
The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the linguistic, semiotic, and interactional
creation and negotiation of romantic intimate relationships
in heterosexual online dating activities.
Within the framework of sociocultural linguistics and feminist linguistics as well as the rather new field
of language, gender, and sexuality the dissertation works to empirically ground theories of desire and
sexu
ality. Based on
a
dataset consisting of naturally occurring user
-
to
-
user email and instant messaging
interaction, friends’ shared readings of online dating profiles, participant observation, and interviews
the dissertation presents four journal articles th
at shed light on different aspects of desire formation.
M3 - Ph.D. thesis
BT - Language and Sexuality in an Online-Mediated World
PB - Det Humanistiske Fakultet, Københavns Universitet
ER -