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Marilyn's CMC and online dating resources
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Computer Mediated Communication: Human-to-Human Communication Across the Internet
by Susan Barnes
Computer Mediated Communication: Social Interaction and the Internet
by Crispin Thurlow, Laura Lengel, and Alice Tomic
Find A Husband After 35 (Using What I Learned at Harvard Business School): A Simple 15-Step Action Program
by Rachel Greenwald - www.findahusbandafter35.com
Finding Your Mate Online: No Fear, No Embarrassment, Just Love!
by Karin Sterling Anderson & Beth Roberts - www.justshowmewhat2do.com
Guide to Successful Online Dating
by Gail Garrison - (a fashion designer and former model writes a book about online dating). www.gailgarrison.com
Human Communication on the Internet
by Leonard Shedletsky & Joan E. Aitken
Romancing the Web: A Therapist's Guide to the Finer Points of Online Dating
by Diane M. Berry, MSW, LCSW, JD
Online dating websites used by our couples...
eHarmony.com
Match.com
OKcupid.com
Yahoo Personals.com
Here's what some scholars and researchers have to say...
Select Articles
Anderson, Traci L. “Relationships Among Internet Attitudes, Internet Use, Romantic Beliefs, and Perceptions of Online
Romantic Relationships.” Cyberpsychology and Behavior 8 (2005): 521-531.
Anderson, Traci L., and Tamara M. Emmers-Sommer. “Predicators of Relationship Satisfaction in Online Romantic
Relationships.” Communications Studies 57.2 (2006): 153-172.
Arnold, Michael. “The Glass Screen.” Information, Communication & Society 5 (2002): 225-236.
Baker, Andrea. “What Makes an Online Relationship Successful? Clues from Couples who Met in Cyberspace.”
Cyberpsychology and Behavior 5.4 (2002): 363-375.
Baym, Nancy K. “Interpersonal Life Online.” The Changing Social Landscape (2000): 62-76.
Broussard, Meredith. “10 Dating Statistics You Ought to Know.” 8 December 2007.
<http://msn.match.com/msn/article.aspx?articleid=5288&ER=sessiontimeout&trackingid=516068>.
Carter, Kimberly A. “Type Me How You Feel: Quasi-Nonverbal Cues in Computer Mediated Communication.” ETC (2003):
29-39.
Ellison, Nicole, Rebecca Heino, and Jennifer Gibbs. “Managing Impressions Online: Self-Presentation Processes in the Online
Dating Environment.” Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 11 (2006): 415-441.
Emmers-Sommer, Tamara M. “Non-Normative Relationships: Is There a Norm of(Non) Normity?” Western Journal of
Communication 69.1 (2005): 1-4.
Flaherty, Lisa, Kevin J. Pearce, and Rebecca B. Rubin. “Internet and Face-to-Face Communication: Not Functional
Alternatives.” Communication Quarterly 46 (1998): 250-268.
Hardey, Michael. “Mediated Relationship: Authenticity and the Possibility of Romance.” Information, Communication &
Society 7 (2004): 207-22.
Henderson, Samantha, and Michael Gilding. “‘I’ve Never Clicked This Much with Anyone in My Life’: Trust and Hyperpersonal
Communication in Online Friendships.” New Media & Society 6 (2004): 487-506.
Hollander, Paul. “The Counterculture of the Heart.” Society 41.2 (2004): 69-77.
Houran, James, and Rense Lange. “Expectations of Finding a Soul Mate with Online Dating.” North American Journal of
Psychology 6 (2004): 297-308.
Lawrence, Rachel. “Guest Editorial: Overcoming the Stigma of Online Dating – What Are We Embarrassed For?” Online Dating
Magazine 7 November 2004<http://www.onlinedatingmagazine.com/columns/editorials/editorial10.html>.
Madden, Mary, and Amanda Lenhart. “Online Dating: Americans Who Are Seeking Romance Use the Internet to Help Them in
Their Search, But There is Still Widespread Public Concern About the Safety of Online Dating.” Pew Internet and
American Life Project 5 December 2007 <http://www.pewInternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Online_Dating.pdf>.
Match.com. 9 December 2007 < http://www.match.com/help/aboutus.aspx>.
McKenna, Katelyn Y.A., Amie S. Green, and Marci E.J. Gleason. “Relationship Formation on the Internet: What’s the Big
Attraction.” Journal of Social Issues 58.1 (2002): 9-31.
McQuillen, Jeffrey S. “The Influence of Technology on the Initiation of Interpersonal Relationships.” Education 123 (2003):
616-23.
Merkle, Erich R., and Rhonda A. Richardson. “Digital Dating and Virtual Relating: Conceptualizing Computer-Mediated
Romantic Relationships.” Family Relations 49.2 (2000): 187-192.
Parks, Malcolm R., and Kory Floyd. “Making Friends in Cyberspace.” Journal of Communication 46 (1996): 19 November
2004 <http://www.ascus.org/jcmc/vol1/issue4/parks.html>.
“Online Dating Facts and Figures.” CBC News, Ottawa, ON. 16 March 2004. 8 December 2007
<http://www.cbc.ca/consumers/market/files/services/onlinedating/facts.html>.
Rumbough, Timothy. “The Development and Maintenance of Interpersonal Relationships Through Computer-Mediated
Communication.” Communication Research Report 18 (2001): 223-29.
Sherman, Richard C. “The Mind’s Eye in Cyberspace: Online Perceptions of Self and Others.” Towards Cyber Psychology:
Mind, Cognitions and Society in the Internet Age, Eds. Guiseppe Riva and Carlo Galimberti. Amsterdam: IOS Press, 2003. 53-72.
Smaill, Belinda. “Online Personals and Narratives of the Self: Australia’s RSVP” Convergence: The Journal of Research into
New Media Technologies 10 (2004):93-107.
Tidwell, Lisa Collins, and Joseph B. Walther. “Computer-Mediated Communication Effects on Disclosure, Impressions and
Interpersonal Evaluations.” Human Communication Research 28.3 (2002): 317-348.
Walther, Joseph B. “Interpersonal Effects in Computer-Mediated Interaction: A Relational Perspective.” Communication
Research 19.1 (1992): 52-90.
Walther, Joseph B. “Impression Development in Computer-Mediated Interaction.” Western Journal of Communication 57
(1993): 381-398.
Walther, Joseph B. “Anticipated Ongoing Interaction Versus Channel Effects on Relational Communication in
Computer-Mediated Interaction.” Human Communication Research 20 (1994): 473-501.
Walther, Joseph B. “Computer-Mediated Communication: Impersonal, Interpersonal, and Hyperpersonal Interaction”
Communication Research 23 (1996): 3-43.
Walther, Joseph B. “Let Me Count The Ways: The Interchange of Verbal and NonverbalCues in Computer-Mediated and
Face-to-Face Affinity.” Journal of Language and Social Psychology 24 (2005): 36-65.
Whitty, Monica, and Jeff Gavin. “Age/Sex/Location: Uncovering the Social Cues in the Development of Online
Relationships.” Cyberpsychology and Behavior 4.5 (2001): 623-630.
Wildermuth, Susan M. “Love on the Line: Participants’ Descriptions of Computer-Mediated Close Relationships.”
Communication Quarterly 49 (2001): 89-95.
Wildermuth, Susan M. “The Effects of Stigmatizing Discourse on the Quality of On-Line Relationships.” Cyberpsychology and
Behavior 7 (2004): 73-84.
Wright, Kevin B. “On-Line Relational Maintenance Strategies and Perceptions of Partners Within Exclusively Internet-Based
and Primarily Internet-Based Relationships.” Communications Studies 55 (2004): 239-253.
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