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(2012): Inequity in the pursuit of intimacy. An analysis of British pick-up artist interactions. In: Journal of Pragmatics 44 (9), S. 1115-1127. DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2012.04.008
Abstract: The data presented here come from a collection of surreptitious audio recordings of naturally occurring talk-in-interaction between previously unacquainted women and male 'Pick-Up Artists' (PUAs) in the UK. Our approach draws on close observations of these interactional data to demonstrate how PUAs move from a state of unacquaintedness towards more 'intimate' forms of interactional involvement. A prototypical PUA is a male who seeks to be successful at 'seducing' women. 'PUA is not a category label given to the individual, but is one that he claims for himself within an existing PUA Community of Practice. A common community belief is that the means of seduction are not rooted in physical attractiveness, social status or wealth, but in the interaction. The claimed 'art' in pick-up artistry may be seen in the relative speed with which the protagonist may gain INTIMACY with their fellow interlocutor. The PUA operates, as Goffman (1967b) describes it, "where the action is"; they are every bit the gambler in a high-stakes game where risky plays - which include issues of im/politeness and IN/EQUITY - can have high payoffs. The focus of this paper is how PUAs actually play the game.
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(2012): Effects of self-disclosure role on liking, closeness, and other impressions in get-acquainted interactions. In: Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 30 (4), S. 497-514. DOI: 10.1177/0265407512459033
Abstract: We experimentally examined whether giving or receiving self-disclosure leads to greater liking and other positive impressions (e.g., closeness) in initial interactions. We also contributed to a recent debate about the familiarity-attraction link by examining whether knowledge about another leads to greater (or lesser) degrees of liking and perceived similarity. Pairs of unacquainted undergraduates completed a structured self-disclosure task. We randomly assigned one participant to disclose while the other listened in a first interaction; participants switched roles for a second interaction. After the first interaction, listeners (vs. disclosers) reported more liking and other positive interpersonal impressions. These differences disappeared after participants switched roles in the second interaction. Furthermore, listening was associated with greater degrees of perceived similarity
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