O amor em tempos de internet: as expectativas amorosas na rede socialBadoo

摘要

This research aims to examine the phenomenon of sexual relations by observing theSocial Network Badoo. As a means to achieve this objective, qualitative in-depthinterviews were conducted online. The main question is to understand how the amorousexpectations in the liquid modernity are configured. Added to that, there is as analysiscategories the insight about relationships and the love experiences provided by the useof the Social Network Badoo. There are three initial hypotheses: 1) a time of transitionis experienced, in which the liquid love in the proposed terms by Bauman (2004) wasgaining ground and, as consequence, the relationships would be presenting themselvesshorter, more open and with another interactive proposals for the relations. 2) Theconsuming practices of the liquid modernity can interpellate the relational practicesmolding them according to your logic. 3) It is assumed that the reasoning, inherent tothe market, of the use followed by the disposal settles itself in the social behavior andthis practice is accentuated by technology, through the use of the internet for theestablishment of romantic relationships.the empirical analysis shows that both the visionon relationships as the amorous expectations in liquid modernity have as references themodel of solid loving relationship, inherent to the traditional modernity. However it alsodemonstrates that the romantic experiences and practices refer to the liquid relationshipmodel. Therefore, from these statements it is argued that there is in liquid modernity thecohabitation of the liquid and solid models of romantic relationships. In summary, thisresearch aims to understand the contemporary love relationships across the spectrum ofrelationships that develop on the Internet Social Network: Badoo