摘要:The use of a mate search application is currently being used by the people of Indonesia
crowded. This is evidenced by the number of applications such as beetalk mate search,
meowchat, OkCupid, tinder and much more. Mate search site can be trusted to provide
solutions for speed and accuracy of the arrival of a mate for its users. This phenomenon will
create a shift in meaning where in the past dating dating will be conducted by a couple who
have gone through the introductory stage, approach, new assessment followed by a date. But
today the stage is shortened to introduction through tinder mate search application, and then
meet for a date. So dating conducted a blind date (blind date) because the two people
familiar with the dating without opponents date. This attracted the attention of researchers so
that researchers intrigued to know how meaning construction dating site matchmaking
search Tinder (Phenomenology Study on Men Tinder Users in Jakarta). The theory used in
this research is the theory of Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) and the Social
Penetration Theory. With Qualitative research methodologies and approaches
phenomenology, the study provides an overview of Constructivist paradigm will shift the
meaning of dating for men dating search app users in the application tinder. The results
showed that male informants in Jakarta tinder users will choose a date, like selecting items
preferably in the online shop. If they like the woman then they will be invited to meet and
relationships can be moved quickly towards the dating stage. Meaning of dating that is
identified with the stages of relationship "intimate" into shorter stages.
关键词:Construction Meaning; dating; online dating app Tinder; Computer mediated
communication