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‘Now you’re home’: Awareness cues, rejection and post-digital safety on mobile dating apps
New Media & Society ( IF 4.5 ) Pub Date : 2025-05-19 , DOI: 10.1177/14614448251336437
Giulia Campaioli, Adriano Zamperini, Marta Cecchinato

Mobile dating apps (MDA) are popular for intimate encounters, but romantic rejection is common, and can drive surveillance using information from social media. Awareness cues convey digital information about others’ activities, but their link with rejection is underexplored. This study explores the uses of awareness cues in mobile dating applications (MDAs) in relation to rejection, social surveillance and post-digital safety. Using a 1-month diary study with eight participants of diverse gender and sexual identities, we identify a grammar of awareness cues that helps users interpret others’ intentions, manage relational uncertainty (e.g. ghosting) and navigate rejection. While awareness cues convey helpful information, they also expose users to social surveillance or even stalking. Since ‘incognito mode’ is a premium affordance on most MDAs, participants developed creative invisibility strategies to restrict access to social surveillance mechanisms.

中文翻译:

“现在你到家了”:移动约会应用上的认知线索、拒绝和后数字安全

移动约会应用程序 (MDA) 在亲密接触中很受欢迎,但浪漫拒绝很常见,并且可以利用来自社交媒体的信息来推动监控。意识线索传达了有关他人活动的数字信息,但它们与拒绝的联系尚未得到充分探索。本研究探讨了意识线索在移动约会应用程序 (MDA) 中与拒绝、社交监控和后数字安全相关的用途。通过对 8 名不同性别和性身份的参与者进行的为期 1 个月的日记研究,我们确定了一种意识线索语法,可帮助用户解释他人的意图、管理关系不确定性(例如幽灵)并驾驭拒绝。虽然意识线索传达了有用的信息,但它们也使用户面临社交监视甚至跟踪。由于“隐身模式”在大多数 MDA 上是一种高级功能,因此参与者开发了创造性的隐形策略来限制对社会监视机制的访问。
更新日期:2025-05-19
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