Visual Media Project – Abbie Nelson

PUBLISHED APRIL 11, 2023 BY ABIGAIL H NELSON

Online Shopping

Abbie Nelson

Man and woman both distracted by Tinder while in the midst of a date, picture created with Dall•E•2.

The new age of online dating has opened up a whole new market of potential romantic or intimate partners. If something doesn’t work out, finding a replacement is at the tips of your fingers through the convenience of your mobile device!

A woman embracing and kissing a man while using Tinder, picture created with Dall•E•2.

Works Cited

Sales, N. J. (2015, August 6). Tinder and the dawn of the dating Apocalypse. Vanity Fair. Retrieved March 6, 2023, from https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2015/08/tinder-hook- up-culture-end-of-dating

Strubel, J., & Petrie, T. A. (2017). Love Me Tinder: Body Image and Psychosocial Functioning Among Men and Women. Body Image, 21, 34–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.02.006

Tiffany, K., & Fetters, A. (2022, August 12). The ‘Dating Market’ Is Getting Worse. The Atlantic. Retrieved March 6, 2023, from https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/02/modern-dating-odds-economy-apps-tinder- math/606982/

Thomas, M. F., Binder, A., & Matthes, J. (2021). The agony of partner choice: The effect

of excessive partner availability on fear of being single, self-esteem, and partner choice overload. Computers in Human Behavior, 126. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2021.106977

Nelson, A. (2022, November). Dall·E 2. DALL·E 2. Retrieved March 6, 2023, from https://openai.com/product/dall-e-2