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Online Dating as A Strategic Game (Record no. 47481)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9783642399855
-- 978-3-642-39985-5
024 7# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER
Standard number or code 10.1007/978-3-642-39985-5
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050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number P87-96
072 #7 - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE
Subject category code JFD
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Subject category code SOC052000
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082 04 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 302.23
Edition number 23
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Choi, Maurice Kwok-to.
Relator term author.
245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Online Dating as A Strategic Game
Medium [electronic resource] :
Remainder of title Why and How Men in Hong Kong Use QQ to Chase Women in Mainland China /
Statement of responsibility, etc. by Maurice Kwok-to Choi, Kwok-bun Chan.
264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE
Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture Berlin, Heidelberg :
Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer Springer Berlin Heidelberg :
-- Imprint: Springer,
Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice 2013.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent XIII, 168 p. 29 illus., 14 illus. in color.
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Media type term computer
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Carrier type term online resource
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505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE
Formatted contents note List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Chapter 1 : Introduction -- Chapter 2 : Exchange, Emotions, Intimacy, Masculinities, Love, Money and Cyberlove -- Chapter 3 : Methodology and Internet Research Methods -- Chapter 4 : Invitation to the QQ World -- Chapter 5 : The Beginning of the Chasing Game -- Chapter 6 : The Dramatic Moment of the Chasing Game: When a Man Meets a Woman -- Chapter 7 : The Feelings of the Men: Looking into an Inner World -- Chapter 8 : Conclusion -- Appendix -- References.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Based on a study using online ethnography as the major research method, this book explains why and how men in Hong Kong use QQ—an online instant messenger—to “chase” women in mainland China, especially in the neighboring city of Shenzhen. Chasing women through QQ is a reciprocal exchange process during which the resources to be exchanged in the interaction are not negotiated. Rather, the men provide resources to the women, hoping for rewards in return that are not guaranteed. This characteristic of the exchange makes men who chase women through QQ very strategic in their action. They try to maximize the rewards and minimize the costs by adopting myriad strategies, such as constructing an attractive online identity by strategic self-presentation. The role of emotions in the exchange process is also examined. Men learn the emotional norms through the online forum, but sometimes it is difficult for them to control their emotions; some men fall in love when they are not supposed to. As it happens, they have failed to calculate the costs and rewards rationally in that they may provide too many resources to the women without getting enough rewards in return. This book provides original insights into the thought processes, motivations, desires, anxieties and risks of Hong Kong men seeking short-term sexual relations with women on the mainland. These insights are highly relevant to our understanding of the quickly evolving use of social media, a phenomenon of worldwide importance and deep implications.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social sciences.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Communication.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Sociology.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Mass media.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Social Sciences.
Topical term or geographic name as entry element Media Research.
700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Chan, Kwok-bun.
Relator term author.
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Title Springer eBooks
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Relationship information Printed edition:
International Standard Book Number 9783642399848
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39985-5">http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39985-5</a>
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