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Thinking Allowed: Being Single - Modern Romance

14/10/2015

Being Single - Modern Romance

BBC Radio 4 - Thinking Allowed, Being Single - Modern Romance

Laurie Taylor looks at stigma versus choice and explores romance in the digital age.

Laurie Taylor looks at stigma versus choice and explores love and romance in the digital age.

Modern romance: love in the age of technology. Laurie Taylor talks to Eric Klinenberg, Professor of Sociology at New York University, & co- author of a new study exploring the dilemmas & pleasures of dating in the age of Tinder. He's joined by the writer & blogger, Zoe Margolis.

Also, Ai Ling Lay, lecturer in Marketing & Management at the University of Leicester, discusses her research on 'singles' in the marketplace.

Producer: Jayne Egerton.

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