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RESEARCH ARTICLE

The filtered encounter: online dating and the problem of filtering through excessive information

Kirsty Best School of Media, Communication and Culture, Faculty of Creative Technologies and Media, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sharon Delmege School of Media, Communication and Culture, Faculty of Creative Technologies and Media, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia
Pages 237-258 | Received 12 Aug 2009, Accepted 25 Aug 2011, Published online: 01 Mar 2012

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