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

• Main Authors: Choi, Maurice Kwok-to. (Author), Chan, Kwok-bun. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Communication.; Sociology.; Mass media.; Social Sciences.; Media Research.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

Based on a study using online ethnography as the major research method, this book explains why and how men in Hong Kong use QQỚ an online instant messengerỚ to ỚSchaseỚ<U+00fd> women in mainland China, especially in the neighboring city of Shenzhen. Chasing women through QQ is a reciprocal...

Table of Contents:

• 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.