Online Dating as a Strategic Game: Why and How Men in Hong Kong Use Qq to Chase Women in Mainland China

by Maurice Kwok-to Choi and Chan Kwok-Bun

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Based on a study using online ethnography as the major research method, this book explains why and how men in Hong Kong use QQ-an online instant messenger-to "chase" women in mainland China, especially in the neighboring city of Shenzhen. Chasing women through QQ is a reciprocal exchange process during which the resources to be exchanged in the interaction are not negotiated. Rather, the men provide resources to the women, hoping for rewards in...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:3662524724

ISBN13:9783662524725

Release Date:August 2016

Publisher:Springer

Length:168 Pages

Weight:0.59 lbs.

Dimensions:0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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