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Způsoby seznamování v současné společnosti
Topinková, Renáta ; Hamplová, Dana (advisor) ; Katrňák, Tomáš (referee) ; Nešporová, Olga (referee)
In the past decade, online dating has been displacing other ways of meeting partners. In the US, online dating has surpassed meeting through friends and family around the 2013 for heterosexual couples. Despite the widespread popularity of online dating, relatively little is known about its prevalence, user perceptions, and behavioral dynamics in online dating platforms within the context of Czechia. This dissertation aims to fill this gap in empirical insights into Czech online dating market by utilizing two main data sources: 1) a survey of adult Czech internet users, 2) digital trace data from a Czech mobile dating app. The study starts with the historical overview of matchmaking, transitioning from newspaper ads in the 19th and early 20th centuries to the flourishing of online platforms in the modern era, reflecting societal norms and demands of different eras. The survey of Czech internet users reveals that online dating is a prevalent mode of finding romantic partners among surveyed Czechs, resonating with trends observed in the US and other Western countries. The fast emergence and widespread popularity of online dating begs the question of how it is related to one of the most persistent patterns in the research on partnerships and families - homogamy. The remainder of the thesis therefore...
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