Posted: December 25th, 2015

In dialogue with the work of Eva Illouz on ’emotional capitalism’ and internet dating, how can we frame the new culture of dating apps such as Tinder?

1. Introduction
2. Explain Eva Illouz’s work on ’emotional capitalism’ (At least 30% of the whole essay)
3. Contemporary internet dating phenomenon, also the history of internet dating like how does it start etc (How popular, how it works/why/ how people see internet dating as etc)
4. Introduce the new culture of dating apps, mention some of them and then explain how ‘Tinder’ works.
5. Mainly discuss about ‘Tinder’ and explain how the dating app Tinder related to Eva Illouz’s work on ’emotional capitalism’ also internet dating.
6. How can we frame the new culture of dating apps (internet dating, the new form of dating)
7. Conclusion