The Politics of Dating Apps
write an essay that engages the following questions:
In her analysis of Chinese dating app culture, Chan employs the term ‘networked social publics’.
- What do you think that she means by this term and why do you think that it is important to her analysis of the political implications of emerging technology?
- Explain the roles that gender, technology, and intimacy play in creating these new technological systems.
- Then, consider Chan’s analysis of the use of dating apps by queer Chinese women, and explain how and why ‘communal connectivity’ becomes a critical form of social engagement in the use of these apps.
- How are these networked forms of community important to the app users?