Badine, Rana
(Notre Dame University-Louaize, 2019-05)
Online dating services replaced traditional matchmaking tools. The internet gave
individuals the opportunity to be their own matchmakers and experience new online identities leaving room for different methods in the presentation of self. There are many studies done on the topic of online dating services however, none of them has discussed it in terms of identity, framing and its role in Lebanon. Using the uses and gratification and the framing theories this thesis examined how Lebanese adults frame themselves on online dating websites and applications and the gratifications they get from their ...