Social Media in Gay London: Tinder as an Alternative to Hook-Up Apps
The article explores how the mobile app Tinder complements dating practices and the wider app ecosystem gay men use in London. Within the local gay community discourse, Tinder is said to be a site where the gay “nice guys” go, rendering the platform as a socially constructed environment where gay me...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2016-09-01
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| Series: | Social Media + Society |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305116662186 |