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Australian Online Dating Research
Nov 6th
The past several years has seen a serge in the popularity of online dating sites. There is an extensive selection of dating sites in Australia with more launching everyday focusing on niche interests such as sexuality, religion, location and geography.
Various dating websites include related information and advice regarding online dating safety. Such advice can often include:
* Protecting your privacy, by taking steps not to divulge personal information unless it’s absolutely necessary.
* Set up a specific email address for communication, by doing this it’s easy to close the email account if things don’t work out.
* Meet your new online friend in More >
Research Shows Online Dating Gives Singles Confidence
Jul 3rd
Many people use online dating sites to overcome shyness and insecurity before testing the waters in the offline world.
When two scientists representing Perth’s Murdoch University got together to research the world of online dating introductions they discovered some interesting statistics. The research involved several focus groups of online dating site members and online dating past users.
Their studies discovered that having such a big sea of online dating singles to choose from gave even the most insecure singles a huge confidence lift. The possibility of meeting and being chosen by other attractive dating members, who were openly available, assisted them to More >
Online Dating Research Update – Hookmeup & La Trobe University
May 1st
The research is being conducted online in IM with online daters between the ages of 18 and 30. Participants chat with the interviewer about their online dating experiences – what’s been good, what’s been bad and anything in between. Participants discuss if they think there’s anything risky about online dating, how many people they’ve met through online dating, what have been the outcomes of these meetings and how does it all compare to meeting people in other ways.
Well, some of the interim results are in and we’d like to share them with you.
Professor Pranee Liamputtong says:It’s interesting, when we compare More >
