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Online Dating As a Strategic Game : Why and How Men in Hong Kong Use QQ to Chase Women in Mainland China by Maurice Kwok-to Choi and Kwok-Bun Chan (2013, Hardcover)

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They try to maximize the rewards and minimize the costs by adopting myriad strategies, such as constructing an attractive online identity by strategic self-presentation. He received his PhD in sociology from Hong Kong Baptist University.

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Based on a study using online ethnography as the major research method, this book explains why and how men in Hong Kong use QQ-an online instant messenger-to "chase" women in mainland China, especially in the neighboring city of Shenzhen. Chasing women through QQ is a reciprocal exchange process during which the resources to be exchanged in the interaction are not negotiated. Rather, the men provide resources to the women, hoping for rewards in return that are not guaranteed. This characteristic of the exchange makes men who chase women through QQ very strategic in their action. They try to maximize the rewards and minimize the costs by adopting myriad strategies, such as constructing an attractive online identity by strategic self-presentation. The role of emotions in the exchange process is also examined. Men learn the emotional norms through the online forum, but sometimes it is difficult for them to control their emotions; some men fall in love when they are not supposed to. As it happens, they have failed to calculate the costs and rewards rationally in that they may provide too many resources to the women without getting enough rewards in return. This book provides original insights into the thought processes, motivations, desires, anxieties and risks of Hong Kong men seeking short-term sexual relations with women on the mainland. These insights are highly relevant to our understanding of the quickly evolving use of social media, a phenomenon of worldwide importance and deep implications.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
ISBN-10
3642399843
ISBN-13
9783642399848
eBay Product ID (ePID)
168485799

Product Key Features

Author
Maurice Kwok-To Choi, Kwok-Bun Chan
Publication Name
Online Dating As a Strategic Game : Why and How Men in Hong Kong Use QQ to Chase Women in Mainland China
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
Xiii, 168 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.3in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
142 Oz

Additional Product Features

Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Hm1206-1211
Table of Content
List of Tables.- List of Figures.- Chapter 1 : Introduction.- Chapter 2 : Exchange, Emotions, Intimacy, Masculinities, Love, Money and Cyberlove.- Chapter 3 : Methodology and Internet Research Methods.- Chapter 4 : Invitation to the QQ World.- Chapter 5 : The Beginning of the Chasing Game.- Chapter 6 : The Dramatic Moment of the Chasing Game: When a Man Meets a Woman.- Chapter 7 : The Feelings of the Men: Looking into an Inner World.- Chapter 8 : Conclusion.- Appendix.- References.
Copyright Date
2013
Target Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Topic
Media Studies, Social Aspects / General, Sociology / General, General, Dating
Dewey Decimal
306.702854678
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Computers, Family & Relationships, Social Science

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