Roca-Cuberes2023

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Roca-Cuberes2023
BibType ARTICLE
Key Roca-Cuberes2023
Author(s) Carles Roca-Cuberes, Will Gibson, Michael Mora-Rodriguez
Title Relationship initiation and formation in post-match Tinder chat conversations
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Tag(s) EMCA, Conversation analysis, Getting acquainted, Romantic relationship, Self-disclosure, Tinder
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Year 2023
Language English
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Journal Discourse & Communication
Volume 17
Number 4
Pages 462–493
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DOI 10.1177/17504813231156118
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Abstract

This article uses conversation analysis to investigate the communicative practices of unacquainted, matched Tinder users in chat conversations, in the process of developing a potential romantic relationship. Drawing on data from 157 Tinder conversations, the analysis explores the occasioning of talk about personal and intimate matters. The analysis shows that the interactional device through which the revelation of personal and intimate information is prompted is the ‘elicited self-disclosure sequence’. In cases in which a direct question fails to prompt a disclosure from the recipient, the ‘volunteered self-disclosure sequence’ emerges as an alternative to promote the revelation of further intimate information. We conclude by observing that relationships are ongoing routine accomplishments arising in mundane sociorelational contexts. The data are in Spanish and Catalan with English translations.

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