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Mediated Superficiality and Misogyny Through Cool on Tinder

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TitleMediated Superficiality and Misogyny Through Cool on Tinder
ContributorJin Lee(author)
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.32376/3f8575cb.40f2341b
Landing pagehttps://www.mediastudies.press/pub/lee-mediated/
Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Publishermediastudies.press
Published on2021-07-15
Short abstractSignaled in its reputation as a “hookup app” or “sex app,” the mobile dating app Tinder has been accused of having ignited “hookup culture” associated with superficiality and sexual innuendo.
Long abstractSignaled in its reputation as a “hookup app” or “sex app,” the mobile dating app Tinder has been accused of having ignited “hookup culture” associated with superficiality and sexual innuendo. However, little is known about how Tinder has obtained this notoriety and what Tinder is actually responsible for. This study analyzes talks about Tinder on Reddit (/r/Tinder), as part of Tinder culture where Tinder discourse and norms are established and shared in relation to broader youth pairing culture. Through a lens of feminist media scholarship, I show that an association between Tinder and hookups is couched in a gendered code of conduct, coolness. I argue that this gendered coolness in the economy of visibility of Tinder evokes and justifies misogyny online in line with the sexism inherent to hookup culture.