Online Datind vs. Traditional Dating

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Online versus Traditional Dating

With the advent of different forms of communication and with the advances in information and communication technology , it has become possible for individuals to connect despite problems with regard to geographic distances are considered as barriers in the past . While it has become the goal of modernization brought about by science and technology to make life easier , it provided for several positive

externalities and this include the ability of people to stay connected with other people from different time zones without efficiency in terms of the money and time spent for it

Dating has become a part of the society today as individuals feel the need to socially interact with one another . There is the need for a sense of belongingness and for some , there is a continuous journey to find the person they feel secured with . Through time , the process of dating has become quite different and evolved to adapt different faces There are several factors involved and in the present times , the previously mentioned impact of the advances in information and communication technology has been taken advantage of to make dating an easier process . In doing so , there are several changes that have happened to the process of dating

First , the length of time spent for dating has already changed for the partners . To a certain extent , it has become easier for people to search for the partner they wanted through the different search engine tools that are programmed for the purpose of dating . One may easily supply for the desired demographic characteristics that they are looking for in a partner and just as one is using an ordinary search engine tool , results would come back and lets the user select their partner based on different standards that may not be accommodated in the keywords they have used in their search . On the other hand , for traditional dating the time that is spent is bound by certain limitations such as that of the balance between work , personal time , family , rest , and others . One has to exert a greater effort to visit the person they want to date and this means for a time spent for doing so . If the distance is a barrier for the two persons , then time spent is definitely a consideration

Second , security in terms of the information provided and the person also makes a great consideration (Oyebade 62 . Admittedly , the cyberspace or the online virtual world has become a place for people to provide information which may or may not be true . It is easier for a person to commit fraud in terms of the information they place with regard to their selves . Where there is no face-to-face interaction initially , there is definitely a room left for a person to place untruthful and misleading information . In other words , the uncertainty of the...