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Shifting from Egyptian arranged marriage to cyber marriage: A female perspective on new matchmaking media technology

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Last updated: 05 Jan 2025

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Interdisciplinary studies such as: Media Psychology, Media Sociology, Political Communication, Media and Economics, Gender and Media

Abstract

The idea of arranged marriage is subject to various pressures; for example, the diminishing of social networks, high aggregate complexity in the choice of a marital partner, and finding a new life agreement of such services that are increasingly replacing and penetrating other commercial matchmaking media. Websites and applications that match and connect individuals for marriage purposes are commonly used in the Western world; the use of internet-mediated services itself becomes a verified means undertaking the mainstream one. However, there have not been many previous investigations focusing on Egyptians and their usage of these apps. This paper aimed to report the methods and findings of interviews with 15 Egyptian females with same demographics and backgrounds, the results indicated that females in Egypt are not supporting the idea of cyber matchmaking. Despite the advantages associated with cyber matchmaking, they expressed high risks of online matchmaking that would definitely prevent the idea. In addition, the results confirmed vital concerns regarding cyber matchmaking and social inclusion and the cultural constrains related to the idea.

DOI

10.21608/jmis.2024.256049.1020

Keywords

Egypt, culture, matchmaking, Cyber, Media

Authors

First Name

Monia

Last Name

Fahmy

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

advertising

Email

mfahmy@msa.edu.eg

City

Giza

Orcid

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First Name

Monia

Last Name

Fahmy

MiddleName

Mohsen

Affiliation

Advertising and PR

Email

mfahmy@hotmail.com

City

Sodic beverly hills

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Volume

3

Article Issue

7

Related Issue

46878

Issue Date

2024-03-01

Receive Date

2023-12-17

Publish Date

2024-03-01

Page Start

73

Page End

92

Print ISSN

2812-6270

Online ISSN

2812-6289

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https://jmis.journals.ekb.eg/article_347602.html

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347,602

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Original Articles

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2,504

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Journal

Publication Title

Journal of Media and Interdisciplinary Studies

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https://jmis.journals.ekb.eg/

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Shifting from Egyptian arranged marriage to cyber marriage: A female perspective on new matchmaking media technology

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Created At

29 Dec 2024