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

Book Overview

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"