Love and Technology - An Ethnography of Dating App Users in Berlin

Love and Technology: An Ethnography of Dating App Users in Berlin explores how dating apps fit into Berlin's unique dating culture and brand of intimacy, and form a tangible nucleus around which users navigate dating rituals, romantic biographies, and digitally mediated intimacies within city space.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Anchored Offline/Online: Approaches to the Digital 2. Affordances and Imaginaries 3. Simon is 883 Kilometres Away: Navigating City Spaces 4. Dating Culture and Narrativisation 5. Conclusion

About the author

Fabian Broeker is a fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science, in the Department of Media and Communications. His research interests encompass digital anthropology, intimacy, and new media.

Product details

• Authors: Fabian Broeker
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.05.2025
• EAN: 9781032533544
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3253354-4
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Anthropology of Now
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, Europe, Cultural Studies, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Dating, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Interdisciplinary studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Urban communities, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, Research methods: general, dating;relationships, Urban communities / city life