“Mr Right Now”: Temporality of relationship formation on gay mobile dating apps

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• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Mobile Media & Communication

• Publication date

  2018-01-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology

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  DOI 10.1177/2050157917718601
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