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Association: Name: NCA 93rd Annual Convention URL: http://www.natcom.org
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Turner, Jacob. "Dating Online Bodies: Corporeality and Women�s Bodies During the Internet Dating Experience" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NCA 93rd Annual Convention, TBA, Chicago, IL, Nov 15, 2007 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p175444_index.html>

Turner, J. S. , 2007-11-15 "Dating Online Bodies: Corporeality and Women�s Bodies During the Internet Dating Experience" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the NCA 93rd Annual Convention, TBA, Chicago, IL Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p175444_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: The purpose of this study is to examine the ways corporeality takes form in an online environment and what the body communicates to other online users. Specifically, this paper uses a quantitative and qualitative content analysis methods to examine the process of online dating and compares the dating profiles of 100 women on an overweight dating website to the dating profiles of 100 women on a more traditional dating website. A second and underlying goal of this study is to empower and give voice to a non-dominant group, people who battle weight problems in an increasingly thin mediated-world. Results from this study show that the body is a powerful communicative force and a significant social meaning maker in the online dating process. Results also show that women who used the overweight dating website were significantly more likely to sexualize their photos than women who used the traditional dating site, and that women on the overweight website were significantly more likely to engage in discussions about their body-type than women on the more traditional website.

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