Online Dating as A Strategic Game Why and How Men in Hong Kong Use QQ to Chase Women in Mainland China

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 zchasey women in mainland China, especially in the neighboring city of Shenzhen. Chasing women through QQ is a reciprocal exchange process dur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Choi, Maurice Kwok-to (-)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Chan, Kwok-bun
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013.
Colección:Springer eBooks.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b32952685*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.