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Has online dating changed the way we fall in love?

Relationship expert Dr. Alicia Walker weighs in on the good and bad of digital dating.

February 6, 2024 by Strategic Communication

Can you feel that? Love is in the air. Valentine’s Day is just over a week away and while many are making plans or reservations with their significant other – many are still looking for that someone special.

Enter the not-so-new frontier of dating apps. Tinder is by far the most widely used on the market. Since its launch in 2012, Tinder reports about 26 million matches a day, leading to more than 20 billion so far and counting. But as users will be quick to point out – a match does not equal a relationship.

Dr. Alicia Walker, an associate professor of sociology and anthropology at Missouri State University and a noted relationship expert, says dating apps such as Tinder, are fundamentally changing the way we enter interact with each other.

  1. The not-so-new frontier of dating apps


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