Looking for the “match”: interactional dynamics in Tinder during the pandemic context

Authors

  • Phellipy Jácome Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Mauricio João Vieira Filho Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18568/cmc.v18i54.2584

Abstract

In this article, we discuss the changes in the forms of relationship mediated by Tinder, aiming to understand the implications of the pandemic context of covid-19 in interactions. For this, our reflections move around two central axes: (1) the entanglement of textualities, temporal relations and context; (2) platformisation and mediatization processes. Methodologically, we anchor our analyzes based on a systematic interpretation in the light of the mobilized textual net. In such a way that we were able to understand how the dynamics of the platform and how the pandemic potentiated changes in interpersonal relationships.

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Author Biographies

Phellipy Jácome, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Professor at the Department of Social Communication of the Federal University of Minas Gerais and Permanent Researcher of the Graduate Program in Communication (PPGCOM/UFMG) in the Media Textualities line. Ph.D. in Social Communication from UFMG with an internship at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a Capes-PDSE fellowship). Master and Bachelor of Communication (specialized in Journalism) from the same institution. His research interest and academic trajectory comprise studies on media narratives, the historicity of communication processes, tem-porality, referentiality, and fiction (having journalism and its diverse textualities as a principal object). Coordinator of Temporona: Coletivo de Ações em Tem-poralidades e Narrativas. In the present article, the author contributed to the development of the theoretical and methodological discussions, data interpre-tation, and writing the manuscript.

Mauricio João Vieira Filho, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Doctoral student in Communication at the Fe-deral University of Juiz de Fora. Master of Social Communication from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (PPGCOM/UFMG). Bachelor of Social Communication – Journalism from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). In the present article, the author contributed to the research design, development of the theoretical discussion, data interpretation, and writing the manuscript.

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Published

2022-04-29

How to Cite

Jácome, P., & Vieira Filho, M. J. (2022). Looking for the “match”: interactional dynamics in Tinder during the pandemic context. Comunicação Mídia E Consumo, 19(54). https://doi.org/10.18568/cmc.v18i54.2584

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 54 (2022): JANEIRO/ABRIL

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Artigos

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