Washington, Nov. 5: A new study has found that internet dating could potentially help in eliminating racial differences in romance.
The study, conducted by Uc San Diego sociologist Kevin Lewis, analyzes, over a two-and-a-half month period, the interaction patterns of 126,134 users in the Us of the popular dating site OkCupid.com.
The study results in a nutshell: Race still matters online. People still self-segregate as much as they do in face-to-face interactions; most, that is, still reach out to members of their own racial background.
But people are more likely to reciprocate a cross-race overture than previous research would lead to us to expect.
And - once they have replied to a suitor from a different.
The study, conducted by Uc San Diego sociologist Kevin Lewis, analyzes, over a two-and-a-half month period, the interaction patterns of 126,134 users in the Us of the popular dating site OkCupid.com.
The study results in a nutshell: Race still matters online. People still self-segregate as much as they do in face-to-face interactions; most, that is, still reach out to members of their own racial background.
But people are more likely to reciprocate a cross-race overture than previous research would lead to us to expect.
And - once they have replied to a suitor from a different.
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