Abstract | Postmoderne tendencije koje karakterizira tekuća modernost, informacijsko dobra umreženog društva, komunikacijska tehnologija iliti internet, virtualne zajednice i u konačnici online dating, dovele su do promjena, odnosno transformacija intimnih odnosa pojedinaca. Te promjene mogu se sažeti u nesigurnosti, rizičnosti, prolaznosti. Ljubavni odnosi više nisu što su bili, a ideal romantične ljubavi nastoji se pronaći online. Kibernetički prostor postao je mjesto gdje se traži i nalazi prava ljubav. Nastavno rečenom, u radu se izlaže problem mogućnosti pronalaska prave ljubavi online te stvaranje i kvaliteta intimnih odnosa parova koji su se upoznali online. Razlog istraživanja nalazi se u brojnim negativnim učincima interneta te predrasudama koje, između ostalih, hrvatsko društvo pridaje online načinu upoznavanja mogućih budućih partnera. Nakon teorijskog dijela, slijedi istraživanje kvantitativnom metodom ankete na uzorku od 203 korisnika online dating-a čiji statistički rezultati prikazuju stvarno stanje iskustava i stavova mladih u Hrvatskoj o online upoznavanju te se potom nastavlja s kvalitativnom metodom intervjua na uzorku od 10 parova, odnosno opisom i analizom određenog broja slučajeva za ispitivanje tih rezultata u dubinu. Rezultati ankete pokazali su dobru upoznatost mladih u Hrvatskoj s online upoznavanjem, pri čemu su očekivanja često bila pronalazak životnog partnera te veoma pozitivna iskustva ishoda online upoznavanja. Rezultati intervjua pokazali su da je online upoznavanje doista rezultiralo pronalaskom prave ljubavi, odnosno parovi koji su se upoznali online, stvorili su dugoročne, istinske i kvalitetne veze i/ili bračne odnose – životnu zajednicu u stvarnosti. |
Abstract (english) | The postmodern tendencies that characterize current modernity, the information age of the network society, communication technology or the internet, virtual community, and at the end – online dating, have brought changes in transformation of intimate relationships. These changes can be summed up in uncertainty, riskiness, transience. Love relationships are no longer what they were and the ideal of romantic love seeks to be find online. Cyberspace has become a place where true love is sought and found. Accordingly, the main focus of the thesis will be on the problem of the possibility of finding true love online and the quality and intimate relationships of couples who have met online. The reasons for investigating this problem are in the numerous negative effects of the Internet and prejudices, which, among other, are brought by Croatian society, to meet potential future partners online. After the theoretical part, the following research is carried out with a quantitative survey method on a sample of 203 users online, whose statistical results have shown the real state of experience and attitudes of young people in Croatia about online dating and continues with a qualitative interview method on a sample of 10 couples, a description and analytically determined number cases which examine these results in depth. The results of the survey proved a good familiarity of young people in Croatia with online dating, whose expectations were to find life partners online and also, usually have positive experiences regarding the outcomes of online dating. Interview results showed that online dating really resulted in finding true love, or in the other words, couples who met online, created long-term, true and quality relationships and / or marital relationships - a living community in reality. |