Video chat and in-person modality switches in online dating: An exploration of modality-switching motives, modality expansion, channel choice, and outcomes
Published online on June 19, 2025
Abstract
New Media & Society, Ahead of Print.
The present study sampled online daters to (a) inductively explore their motives for meeting a potential partner for face-to-face (FtF)-like interaction (i.e. a modality switch [MS]); (b) examine modality-switching motives and pre-MS modality expansion in ...
The present study sampled online daters to (a) inductively explore their motives for meeting a potential partner for face-to-face (FtF)-like interaction (i.e. a modality switch [MS]); (b) examine modality-switching motives and pre-MS modality expansion in ...