This video short documentary prepared for Dr Strangelove’s Theories of Media class CMN 2160. This video defines the phenomenon of online dating, describes who uses online dating and why, and examines the phenomenon from a critical point of view, from the theories of Marshall McLuhan, Harold Innis and Mary Douglas.
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