The Impact of Politeness on Conversational Outcomes in Mobile Dating Apps

dc.contributor.authorLopez Long, Holly
dc.contributor.authorFichman, Pnina
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-27T19:03:58Z
dc.date.available2022-12-27T19:03:58Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-03
dc.description.abstractMobile dating applications like Bumble and Tinder have grown in popularity, increasingly attracting scholarly attention. Our study focuses on the impact of politeness strategies and imposition on conversational outcomes on mobile dating apps. Using a 2 by 2 factorial design we examine the impact of degree of directness and imposition impact on perceptions of potential romantic partners and attitudes toward intensifying a relationship. We found that indirectness (a higher-order politeness strategy) and requests for face-to-face dates (high imposition) were positively associated with 1) attitudes toward intensifying a relationship, and 2) the perceived likeability of an interactional partner. Indirect politeness strategies more often resulted in request compliance and rejection strategies varied based on degrees of directness and the nature of the requests. Further exploration of how individuals evaluate imposition as it relates to requests for transitioning conversations from a mobile dating platform to face-to-face, is needed.
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dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2023.302
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-6-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/102933
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectMediated Conversation
dc.subjectmobile apps
dc.subjectmobile dating
dc.subjectonline dating
dc.subjectpoliteness theory
dc.titleThe Impact of Politeness on Conversational Outcomes in Mobile Dating Apps
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prism.startingpage2451

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