Typology of Online Spouse Choosing among People with University Education

Alinejad, Neda; Ofoghi, Nader; Yaghobi Choubari, Ali

doi:10.22034/jsi.2024.2001047.1655

Typology of Online Spouse Choosing among People with University Education

Authors

Neda Alinejad ¹

Nader Ofoghi ²

Ali Yaghobi Choubari ³

¹ Master's student in Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, Rasht Branch, University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran

² Assistant professor and faculty member, Department of Sociology, Rasht Branch, University of Guilan, , Guilan, Iran

³ Associate Professor and Faculty Member, Department of Sociology, Rasht Branch, University of Guilan, , Guilan, Iran

10.22034/jsi.2024.2001047.1655

Abstract

Convenience and anonymity in choosing a spouse online helps people to achieve one of their main goals without the knowledge of family and friends, which is to create a romantic and committed relationship. The methodology of this article is based on the qualitative research strategy based on the method of thematic analysis of the collected data of 34 members of online dating groups was designed. For this purpose, relying on targeted sampling, interviews were conducted and theoretical saturation was obtained. Then the interviews were analyzed using thematic analysis. The main themes identified are motivation (with two sub-themes of external motivation and internal motivation), anonymity (with concepts of entertainment and pastime, false goal, dishonesty, expected girls and distrust), deception (fake and concealment). The mentioned themes are associated with the theories of diffusion of innovation, use-satisfaction, and presumption of truth. Based on the conversations obtained, choosing a spouse online was divided into two groups: "avoidance of binding environments" and "avoidance of isolating environments".

Keywords

Theme analysis

typology

escaping from binding environments

escaping from isolating environments

online spouse choosing

Subjects

Social problems and Deviance

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