Documentary Research

The dark side of online dating 

What is online dating?

 Online dating or internet dating is known to be a person greeting system where people can contact and connect with different types of people over the internet or via a phone app. Mostly hoping to gain a relationship with the person they're talking to either sexually or romanticly. 

Where does the dark and negativity side of online dating come in? 

The dark side of online dating occurs when negativity is caused by these sites/ apps

The dark side of online dating varies from people being

Scammed

Stalked

Raped

Exploited 

Catfished

All whilst communicating to someone online and / meeting them in person. 

For example, they're many reports where people have been scammed by using online dating websites, thinking that they're talking to someone they have a connection with, when the person is just using them simply to get money. 

Here is a case where someone was scammed and lied to, the person she was talking to through the internet lied to her and said how he was ill and needed money for a kidney transplant. When he really just wanted to scam the lady.

There have been many other cases of online dating and how it has made a negative impact on people which has been documented on the popular hit show Catfish which is broadcasted on MTV

The show overall shows people who have talked to people online romantically for a vast amount of time without really meeting them in person. 

Most cases people actually find out they have been talking to someone pretending to be who they are which means that they have been  ''catfished'' by someone. However, there is a minor positive aspect of the show as they are very small times in the show where people meet the person they have actually been speaking to.



The term ''catfished'' is a popular word in the tv show catfish it basically means that you was a victim and was lured into a relationship with someone that had a fake persona. The term ''catfish'' is another term which is popularly used in catfish it overall means someone who is pretending to be someone else. 

Bibliography :

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_dating_service
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=catfish