It’s believed that one fourth to a 3rd of current U.S. marriages are outcome of affairs that started online. But despite exactly how common it’s come to be to generally meet somebody through a profile, a lot of stays significantly suspicious of on the web internautas, especially any time “troll” or “catfish” stories get viral.

But this understanding of extensive deception may well not match the truth of internet dating, claims Catalina Toma, a UW associate teacher of marketing and sales communications research who focuses primarily on internet based self-presentation.

Toma research exactly how interaction technology such as for example online dating sites and social network web sites change the capability of people to relate solely to and comprehend one another. As part of their existing operate in the Department of telecommunications Arts — the main college or university of Letters & Science — she’s examining just how technologies impacts self-esteem, but a major section of her research has centered on deception in online dating sites pages.

Toma is actually among a large number of UW professors members that exhibiting this kind of understanding and inquiry across the country this springtime while they check out Wisconsin Alumni Connection (WAA) sections at events marking Creators’ Time.

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