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Dressing up Tinderella: interrogating authenticity claims on the mobile dating app Tinder

Stefanie DuguayDigital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 351-367 | Received 02 Oct 2015, Accepted 16 Mar 2016, Published online: 30 Mar 2016

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