Seeking Love and Companionship through Streaming: Unpacking Livestreamer-moderated Senior Matchmaking in China

Changyang He; Lu He; Zhicong Lu; Bo Li

doi:10.1145/3544548.3581195

Seeking Love and Companionship through Streaming: Unpacking Livestreamer-moderated Senior Matchmaking in China

Changyang He, Lu He, Zhicong Lu, Bo Li

Department of Computer Science

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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Abstract

Livestreamer-moderated matchmaking has gained wide popularity among the elderly population in China. Compared to algorithm-mediated online dating, it is characterized by (1) the mediation of matchmakers in a synchronous virtual environment and (2) the natural development of livestreaming-based matchmaking communities. Nonetheless, how these new features influence single seniors’ match-seeking remains unknown. To fill this research gap, we conduct a qualitative study consisting of observations and semi-structured interviews with 6 livestreaming matchmakers and 12 senior match-seekers (age: 50-70). We uncover matchmakers’ mediation roles during and beyond livestreaming to facilitate seniors’ match-seeking, and their additional duties to enhance seniors’ safety in this process. Livestreaming-based matchmaking communities afford multiple important values for single seniors to acquire companionship and help in seeking late-life love. We unpack the perceived benefits and challenges of livestreamer-moderated matchmaking, and discuss how to support single seniors’ match-seeking in an accessible, safe, and convenient manner.

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Original language	English
Title of host publication	CHI '23
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Editors	Albrecht Schmidt, Kaisa Väänänen, Tesh Goyal, Per Ola Kristensson, Anicia Peters, Stefanie Mueller, Julie R. Williamson, Max L. Wilson
Place of Publication	New York, NY, USA
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Print)	9781450394215
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581195
Publication status	Published - Apr 2023
Event	2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23): reCHInnecting - Hybrid, Hamburg, Germany Duration: 23 Apr 2023 → 28 Apr 2023 https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3544548 https://chi2023.acm.org/

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Name	CHI '23
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery

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Conference	2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23)
Abbreviated title	CHI 2023
Place	Germany
City	Hamburg
Period	23/04/23 → 28/04/23
Internet address	https://dl.acm.org/doi/proceedings/10.1145/3544548 https://chi2023.acm.org/

Research Keywords

romantic relationships
single seniors
computer-mediated communication
online matchmaking technologies
live streaming

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He, C., He, L., Lu, Z., & Li, B. (2023). Seeking Love and Companionship through Streaming: Unpacking Livestreamer-moderated Senior Matchmaking in China. In A. Schmidt, K. Väänänen, T. Goyal, P. O. Kristensson, A. Peters, S. Mueller, J. R. Williamson, & M. L. Wilson (Eds.), CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Article 274 (CHI '23). Association for Computing Machinery. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581195

He, Changyang ; He, Lu ; Lu, Zhicong et al. / Seeking Love and Companionship through Streaming : Unpacking Livestreamer-moderated Senior Matchmaking in China. CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. editor / Albrecht Schmidt ; Kaisa Väänänen ; Tesh Goyal ; Per Ola Kristensson ; Anicia Peters ; Stefanie Mueller ; Julie R. Williamson ; Max L. Wilson. New York, NY, USA : Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. (CHI '23).

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He, C, He, L, Lu, Z & Li, B 2023, Seeking Love and Companionship through Streaming: Unpacking Livestreamer-moderated Senior Matchmaking in China. in A Schmidt, K Väänänen, T Goyal, PO Kristensson, A Peters, S Mueller, JR Williamson & ML Wilson (eds), CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems., 274, CHI '23, Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI ’23), Hamburg, Germany, 23/04/23. https://doi.org/10.1145/3544548.3581195

Seeking Love and Companionship through Streaming: Unpacking Livestreamer-moderated Senior Matchmaking in China. / He, Changyang; He, Lu; Lu, Zhicong et al.
CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ed. / Albrecht Schmidt; Kaisa Väänänen; Tesh Goyal; Per Ola Kristensson; Anicia Peters; Stefanie Mueller; Julie R. Williamson; Max L. Wilson. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, 2023. 274 (CHI '23).

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary Works › RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication) › peer-review

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He C, He L, Lu Z, Li B. Seeking Love and Companionship through Streaming: Unpacking Livestreamer-moderated Senior Matchmaking in China. In Schmidt A, Väänänen K, Goyal T, Kristensson PO, Peters A, Mueller S, Williamson JR, Wilson ML, editors, CHI '23: Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery. 2023. 274. (CHI '23). Epub 2023 Apr 19. doi: 10.1145/3544548.3581195

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