Gregory Narr
Biographic Data
| ID | 3604394 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gregory Narr |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gregory |
| FAMILY NAME | Narr |
| SIGNATURE | NARR G |
| AFFILIATIONS | City University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2180-5492 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Bored ghosts in the dating app assemblage: How dating app algorithms couple ghosting behaviors with a mood of boredom
Research on ghosting has focused on individual user experiences, psychological dispositions, and attachment styles. We add to this scholarship by broadening the level of analysis to encompass what we call the “dating app assemblage” – entailing users, moods, and algorithms. Through in-depth interviews and the “walkthrough” method, we argue the dating app assemblages of Tinder and Bumble foster boring textual exchanges conducive to ghosting (cutti…
Bored Ghosts and Anxious Text Games: How Dating Apps Algorithmically Channel the Desire for Intimacy Into Anxious Engagement
This article presents two findings from 50 in-depth interviews of daters using OkCupid, Tinder, and Bumble. The first finding shows that respondents began using dating apps like Tinder and Bumble because they wanted to engage in dialogical exchanges to get to know their matches, something they felt the elaborate essays on OkCupid rendered redundant. The second finding shows that the intimate exchanges they sought on dating apps were hard to find.…
The Uncanny Swipe Drive: The Return of a Racist Mode of Algorithmic Thought on Dating Apps
As algorithmic media amplify longstanding social oppression, they also seek to colonize every last bit of sociality where that oppression could be resisted. Swipe apps constitute prototypical examples of this dynamic. By employing protocols that foster absent-minded engagement, they allow unconscious racial preferences to be expressed without troubling users’ perceptions of themselves as non-racist. These preferences are then measured by recommen…
The Uncanny Swipe Drive: The Return of a Racist Mode of Algorithmic Thought on Dating Apps
As algorithmic media amplify longstanding social oppression, they also seek to colonize every last bit of sociality where that oppression could be resisted. Swipe apps constitute prototypical examples of this dynamic. By employing protocols that foster absent-minded engagement, they allow unconscious racial preferences to be expressed without troubling users’ perceptions of themselves as non-racist. These preferences are then measured by recommen…
Bored Ghosts and Anxious Text Games: How Dating Apps Algorithmically Channel the Desire for Intimacy Into Anxious Engagement
This article presents two findings from 50 in-depth interviews of daters using OkCupid, Tinder, and Bumble. The first finding shows that respondents began using dating apps like Tinder and Bumble because they wanted to engage in dialogical exchanges to get to know their matches, something they felt the elaborate essays on OkCupid rendered redundant. The second finding shows that the intimate exchanges they sought on dating apps were hard to find.…
The Uncanny Swipe Drive: The Return of a Racist Mode of Algorithmic Thought on Dating Apps
As algorithmic media amplify longstanding social oppression, they also seek to colonize every last bit of sociality where that oppression could be resisted. Swipe apps constitute prototypical examples of this dynamic. By employing protocols that foster absent-minded engagement, they allow unconscious racial preferences to be expressed without troubling users’ perceptions of themselves as non-racist. These preferences are then measured by recommen…
Bored ghosts in the dating app assemblage: How dating app algorithms couple ghosting behaviors with a mood of boredom
Research on ghosting has focused on individual user experiences, psychological dispositions, and attachment styles. We add to this scholarship by broadening the level of analysis to encompass what we call the “dating app assemblage” – entailing users, moods, and algorithms. Through in-depth interviews and the “walkthrough” method, we argue the dating app assemblages of Tinder and Bumble foster boring textual exchanges conducive to ghosting (cutti…
Computer Science (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Boredom (2 works) · Gender, Feminism, and Media (2 works) · Internet privacy (2 works)