What Are you Looking For? The Mental and Social Health Impacts of Gay Dating and Hook-up Apps

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cityu.schoolDivision of Arts and Sciences
cityu.siteVancouver, BC
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorPurdie, Aaron
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-15T21:00:27Z
dc.date.available2016-08-15T21:00:27Z
dc.date.issued2016-07-16
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this thesis is to investigate and identify some of the potential social, and mental health impacts of gay dating and hook-up apps. These applications are new, GPS and smartphone based, forms of social media for gay men and other men who have sex with men. The main purpose of this qualitative analysis (grounded theory approach) is to determine what, if any, impacts there are, and to what degree they emerge or are demonstrated in publically available blog postings. The secondary purpose is to examine the findings and host a discussion towards advanced understanding for counsellors and other health practitioners. A final section will include considerations for counsellors based on the findings, and informed by other research
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/382
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectsocial media for gay men
dc.titleWhat Are you Looking For? The Mental and Social Health Impacts of Gay Dating and Hook-up Apps
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCounselling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts
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