Coffee Meets Bagel: Making sense of online dating (4)

 Interaction and communication on Coffee Meets Bagel is very unique, and in comparison to other dating platforms, it gives each user an opportunity to express themselves and their interests in a number of categories, all in which are important for the success of a good relationship in the eyes of CMB. Each user is recommended to post around five pictures of themselves, and identify over a dozen of categories including location, height, ethnicity, religion, job title, and other information about themselves, their interest and what their plans for the future. Although it might seem like some of the categories are a bit personal, they do not necessarily need to all be answered, it simply helps CMB match people with the same views. The only private category is gender, although you do disclaim it, on the app when signing up, for CMB it is considered as private information to ensure no one feels excluded. Couldry and Hepp’s theory of ‘communication as construction’ helps explain communication in CMB. What CMB allows user to display on their profile, are communication outlets that help each user make sense of the online dating world and who they are interacting with. Therefore, when reading answers of each available category, users can understand and make sense of the profile they are reading, decide to like or dislike the profile based on the text in it. Now, whether the content CMB allows users to post is the true definition of interpreting the real world, that is up you… 


References: 
​Couldry, N., & Hepp, A. (2013). Conceptualizing Mediatization: Contexts, Traditions, Arguments. Communication Theory (1050-3293), 23(3), 191–202. https://doi-org.libproxy.wlu.ca/10.1111/comt.12019

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