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1 P M J O U R N A L O F D I G I T A L R ESEARCH & P UBLISHING relationship status, photographs and even opinion blogs, a quick revision of one’s online '>74#%&$*&7D6%"&07>%&$"D7>036$I%&3)7(6&6+%$>&5+3>356%>&6+3"&*'%3H$",&67&6+%0&$"&'%>*7"M& B+$*&5%>63$"#9&G3*&6+%&53*%&$"&7"%&*6(89&87"%&7"&ES::;&4>*6&9%3>&*6(8%"6*&36&N$5+$,3"&A636%& _"$I%>*$69&G+$5+&D7("8&6+36&$"&6+%&*5>%%"$",&7D&*75$3#&"%6G7>H&'>74#%*S&*6(8%"6*&>%'7>6%8& feeling more attracted and similar to the information they had reviewed online than to the '%>*7"&6+%9&+38&0%6&$"&>%3#&#$D%&.A()>3+03"930&T&=>%%"4%#8&V;;WS&'M&E\;1M&b%7'#%&63H%& advantage of this technology and strategy to guide their dating habits and selection. Along with newer venues for personal relationship advertisement, a growing number of Internet users has broadened the pool of possible relationship candidates, and is expected to continue growing (Merkle & Richardson 2000, p. 187). As of January 2005 there were an estimated 836 dating websites, an increase of 37% from the previous year (Rosen et al. 2008, p. 2125). As a derivative of extended Internet use, overtime, online relationship formation has developed and grown in popularity. Contesting to this is the statistic that of ten million single Internet users who are actively searching for a relationship an estimated F:s&+3I%&$0'#%0%"6%8&6+%&`"6%>"%6&$"&4"8$",&3&'3>6"%>&.%&4"8$",&6+%0*%#I%*&6+>(*6&$"67&3&'7*$6$7"&G+%>%&6+%9&0(*6&4"8& nonconventional avenues for social interaction such as the Internet’ (2000, p. 191). Another view, as presented by Rhindgold, maintains that online communities are replacing public spaces like pubs and cafes as locations for social interaction (Wilson & Peterson 2002, p. 456). Deuze contends that, ‘…all aspects of everyday life in highly industrialized modern *75$%6$%*& 3>%& 67& *70%& %P6%"6& $"C(%"5%8& )9S& 3"8& $0'#$536%8& $"S& 570'(6%>$K36$7"ML& .Y%(K%& V;;nS&'M&n\1M&A()>3+03"930&3"8&=>%%"4%#8&*%%&6+%&`"6%>"%6&$"&9%6&3"76+%>&#$,+6S&3*&3& virtual world that, ‘serves as a playing ground for developmental issues from the physical world, such as identity...’ (2008, p. 124). Regardless of the exact reasoning behind the phenomenon, the occurrence and growth of online publishing for romantic relationship formation within today’s society cannot be disputed. The evolution of personal advertisements from print to online media demonstrates clearly Manovich’s concept of a new media revolution in which culture shifts to computer mediated forms of production, distribution and communication. A trend in the use of the Internet for publication of personal relationship advertisements corresponds directly to 38
1 P M J O U R N A L O F D I G I T A L R ESEARCH & P UBLISHING 6%5+"7#7,$53#&38I3"5%0%"6*&$"&6+%&4%#8&7D&'()#$*+$",&3"8&6+%&57>>%*'7"8$",&)%"%46*&6+%9& provide. The introduction of Web 2.0 has further advanced this new media revolution, calling Internet users to participate, share, and interact. In response to these drastic changes and technological advancements in publishing, growing populations have accepted online media as a means of expression in all areas of life, including the search for love. References Deuze, M. 2006. Participation, remediation, bricolage: considering principal components of a digital culture. The Information Society, 22(2), pp. 6375. Gorman, L., 2009. The rise of new media. Media and Society into the 21st Century: A Historical Introduc tion, 2nd ed. UK: Chichester. j7##3"8%>S&YMS&V;;VM&/07",&97(",&38(#6*S&(*%&7D&6+%&$"6%>"%6&67&4"8&*%P(3#&'3>6"%>*&$*&>$*$",M&Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 34(6), pp. 318. Merkle, E. & Richardson, R., 2000. Digital dating and virtual relating: conceptualizing computer mediated romantic relationships. Family Relations, 49(2), pp. 187192. Montini, T. & Ovrebo, B., 1990. Personal relationship ads: an informational balancing act. Sociological Per spectives, 33(3), pp. 327339. Rosen, L., et al., 2008. The impact of emotionality and selfdisclosure on online dating versus traditional dating. Computers in Human Behavior, 24, pp. 21252157. Schau, H. & Gilly, M., 2003. We are what we post? selfpresentation in personal web space. The Journal of Consumer Research, 30(3), pp. 385404. A()>3+03"930S&UM&T&=>%%"4%#8S&bMS&V;;WM&!"#$"%&5700("$536$7"&3"8&387#%*5%"6&>%#36$7"*+$'*M&The Future of Children, 18(1), pp. 119146. Thompson, J.B., 2005. The digital revolution and the publishing world. Books in the Digital Age: The Trans formation of Academic and Higher Education Publishing in Britain and the United States. UK: Polity. Whitty, M., 2007. Revealing the ‘real’ me, searching for the ‘actual’ you: presentations of self on an internet dating site. Computers in Human Behavior, pp. 117. Wilson, S. & Peterson, L., 2002. The anthropology of online communities. Annual Review of Anthropology, 31, pp. 449467. 39
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