'Quality singles': internet dating and the work of fantasy Export

@article{citeulike:3200027, abstract = {This article builds on a case study of the worldwide online dating site Match.com to develop a theoretical understanding of the place of communication and affect in the information economy. Drawing on theoretical debates, secondary sources, a qualitative survey of dating profiles and an analysis of the features and affordances of the Match.com site, the article argues that internet dating seeks to guide the technologically enhanced communicative and affective capacities of internet users to work in ways so that this produces economically valuable content. This is primarily achieved through branding, which as a technique of governance that seeks to work from below' and empower' users to deploy their freedom in certain particular, pre-programmed ways. The argument is that online dating provides a good illustration of how the information economy actively subsumes communicative action as a form of immaterial labour. 10.1177/1461444806065663}, author = {Arvidsson, Adam}, citeulike-article-id = {3200027}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444806065663}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://nms.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/8/4/671}, doi = {10.1177/1461444806065663}, journal = {New Media Society}, keywords = {dating, internet}, month = {August}, number = {4}, pages = {671--690}, posted-at = {2008-09-06 22:14:07}, priority = {2}, title = {'Quality singles': internet dating and the work of fantasy}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444806065663}, volume = {8}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3200027 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3200027 N2 - This article builds on a case study of the worldwide online dating site Match.com to develop a theoretical understanding of the place of communication and affect in the information economy. Drawing on theoretical debates, secondary sources, a qualitative survey of dating profiles and an analysis of the features and affordances of the Match.com site, the article argues that internet dating seeks to guide the technologically enhanced communicative and affective capacities of internet users to work in ways so that this produces economically valuable content. This is primarily achieved through branding, which as a technique of governance that seeks to work from below' and empower' users to deploy their freedom in certain particular, pre-programmed ways. The argument is that online dating provides a good illustration of how the information economy actively subsumes communicative action as a form of immaterial labour. 10.1177/1461444806065663 IS - 4 JF - New Media Society EP - 690 TI - 'Quality singles': internet dating and the work of fantasy VL - 8 SP - 671 KW - dating KW - internet AU - Arvidsson, Adam PY - 2006/08/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444806065663 ER -