[SIGCIS-Members] Media query about 1960s computer dating systems

Wed Oct 5 13:49:54 PDT 2016

You may wish to see the chapter on contemporary dating and apps by Molly Niesen, "Love, Inc.: Toward Structural Intersectional  Analysis of Online Dating Sites and Applications" in _The Intersectional Internet_, Noble and Tynes, Eds. (2016). 

--Sarah

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S a r a h  T.  R o b e r t s,  P h. D.

Assistant Professor
University of California, Los Angeles
Department of Information Studies
Graduate School of Education & Information Studies
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> On Oct 5, 2016, at 10:39 PM, Ian S. King <isking at uw.edu> wrote:
> 
> FWIW and not at all historical, Dr. Karen Fisher at the University of Washington has been studying social media dating, in a contemporary context.  It might be an interesting compare/contrast data point.  -- Ian 
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>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 12:01 PM, Marie Hicks <mhicks1 at iit.edu> wrote:
>> Thanks, Janet--I actually have an article on early computer dating coming out next month in Ada (http://adanewmedia.org/). I'll drop them a line. 
>> 
>> Best, 
>> 
>> Marie
>> 
>> ______________________
>> Marie Hicks, Ph.D.
>> Asst. Professor, History of Technology
>> Illinois Institute of Technology
>> Chicago, IL USA
>> mhicks1 at iit.edu | mariehicks.net | @histoftech
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>>> On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Janet Abbate <abbate at vt.edu> wrote:
>>> See below. If anyone has information to share, please contact her directly.
>>> 
>>> thanks,
>>> Janet
>>> 
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>> 
>>> >> From: Emanuele Berry <emanuele at gimletmedia.com>
>>> >> Date: September 26, 2016 11:46:55 AM EDT
>>> >> To: abbate at vt.edu
>>> >> Subject: Background interview for Gimlet Media
>>> >>
>>> >> Greetings,
>>> >>
>>> >> My name is Emanuele Berry. I'm a producer/reporter with Gimlet media. I'm working on a story about Operation Match, one of the first computer based dating services. In researching this story and speaking with the founders of the organization, I've found that nobody has been able to explain how the computers actually worked in the matching process. This is why I'm writing. I'm hoping you might have time for a quick phone call where you could help break down how computer models in the 1960's worked, particularly how a system similar to TACT would run. Any assistance or direction would be greatly apprcaited. Please let me know if you think you can help.
>>> >>
>>> >> Gimlet Media is a company founded last year by a group of former NPR producers to make documentary podcasts on a variety of subjects. Our shows are like radio shows, but are distributed on the Internet, and they are downloaded 5 million times a month by people all over the world. I'm a producer with a show called Afterwards, which revisits old news stories from the past 50 years and through interviews with the people involved tells our listeners about what's happened since then. The show will launch this fall, and will be distributed nationally.
>>> >>
>>> >> Best,
>>> >>
>>> >> Emanuele Berry | Gimlet Media | Producer | 517-899-5002 | Emanuele at gmiletmedia.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Dr. Janet Abbate
>>> Associate Professor, Science & Technology in Society
>>> Co-director, National Capital Region STS program
>>> Virginia Tech
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