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Oxford Abridged Short Talks

Oxford University•www.ox.ac.uk
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Short interesting lectures from top Oxford academics. Includes a series of short lectures about love, held on Valentines Day 2011.
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Presentation and Perception on Online Dating Sites

Joseph Walther describes the hyperpersonal model and its relevance to the study of online dating. 'Idealisation' of perception and presentation online can facilitate the selection process, but may have unforseen consequences when people eventually meet. In conversation with Nicole Ellison, Joseph Walther describes the hyperpersonal model and its relevance to the study of online dating. He explains how the 'idealisation' of both perception and presentation online can facilitate our natural proces...

Feb 28, 2012•4 min

Partner Compatibility and Online Dating Sites

Erina Lee discusses the importance of similarity between partners in terms of long-term relationship satisfaction. She discusses some compatibility dimensions that have been considered by eHarmony, as well as future directions for research. Erina Lee of eHarmony Labs discusses the importance of similarity between partners in the context of different kinds of online relationship. She explains how similarity is indelibly intertwined with long-term relationship satisfaction, and reveals the surpris...

Feb 28, 2012•5 min

Who did Plato (not) love?

Platonic love? Plato's main text on love, the Symposium, takes a broad look at what love means, offering a serious yet humorous, poignant and flippant, literary philosophical discussion of the topic, with some famous but also surprising outcomes.

Feb 15, 2011•12 min

If marriage is a trade, then what price romance?

Theatre was a forum for early twentieth-century feminists to challenge romantic ideals of marriage, arguing against society blocking women's access to alternative professions. Did one playwright solve the problem of selling seats without selling out?

Feb 15, 2011•12 min

Not only the lonely: the social implications of the rise of online dating

Dr Hogan explores values towards online dating, relating them to whether one's friends have dated online and whether social network software or online personals are responsible for the continued rise in popularity of online dating. This presentation will explore the many facets of online dating that have emerged from our recent Pan-European study of couples and relationships. In particular, we find that online dating is now a common part of the tool kit for those seeking a new relationship, rega...

Feb 14, 2011•10 min

Darwin and Friends

Professor Robin Dunbar explores if there is a limit to the number of friends we can keep track of and explains the origin of "Dunbar's Number".

Feb 10, 2011•16 min

Blood Disorders and Human Malaria

Professor Sunetra Gupta explains the surprising relationship between blood disorders and malaria in humans. Could two blood disorders ever be better than one? Part of the Oxford Abridged series of short talks.

Feb 10, 2011•16 min

Slime Moulds to run the railways?

Should we let slime moulds run our railways? Slime moulds can produce networks as efficient, cost-effective and resilient as railway networks designed by people, despite having no central control over what they build.

Feb 10, 2011•13 min
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