Proceedings of The 7th World Conference on Social Sciences
Year: 2024
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Students’ Perception Of Online Dating: An Exploratory Investigation
Peter Voo, Ismail Maakip, Azizi Yahaya & Balan Rathakrishnan
ABSTRACT:
Online dating offers significant advantages for single people such as it provides an effective and less expansive choice of approach in choosing a date. However, with so many online dating sites there would be pros and cons in choosing and participating in the site. This study explores an individual’s opinion about online dating among university students. A qualitative research approach was chosen to explore their perception and opinion on online dating. Respondents are required to answer a question by writing a self-report during a structured interview. Data collected were compared to reassure the validity and reliability of the result. Research founds that majority of respondents hold a positive and negative view of online dating, on positive side its was founds that online dating is being viewed as another source of novelty, way to approach other and be deemed as a “beneficial” activity. Meanwhile on negative side research founds that online dating can cause cyber-crime and social problems, misuse of information or misleading information and online dating is wasting time and money. The implication of this study gives some insight into the view and perception of a university student on the aspect of online dating which might be influenced by their upbringing and culture/norms.
keywords: Online Dating, Students, Malaysian, Exploratory Study