In the 21st century, where the Internet is widely accessible throughout the world, adolescents are able to connect themselves with people all around the globe via an array of social media websites, like Facebook, Twitter, Weibo, etc. As there are increasingly availability of features, for example instant messaging and chat-rooms, more and more adolescents engage in online dating to find their ‘ Mr Right and Ms Right’ to look for love and intimacy (approx 40 million globally in 2004: Jupiter Research 2006).
Table 1 Stevens, Sarah B, Morris & Tracy L. College dating and social anxiety: using the Internet as a means connecting to others. Diagram. Cyber Psychology & Behavior. Oct2007, Vol. 10 Issue 5, p684, from Academic Search Premier database
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And found out that they have been making use of these social media websites to get to know people from all walks of lives. One of them had reported to go online on those chat rooms to meet potential partners by requesting and accepting strangers online, thus increasing chances of dating online. The interviewee usually got invited to meet outside in real life and develop romantic relationship after chatting online for around 1 month. The interviewee had also mentioned that by online dating, both partners could know more about each other first because of the intensive communications online at the start of the relationship as they spent almost all the time chatting in the forum. In addition, they talk about anything in their lives and developed intimacy as they disclose themselves to each other online. This observation inclines with the research held by sociologists, in particular to a previous study conducted by DeGroot, et al. (2011), who also found out that self-disclosed teens are more capable to develop intimate relationships with others via the