Dating, mating, and electricity: the impact of electronic devices on courting behavior

Summary form only given, as follows. The author examines the impact of various electronic devices-telephones, radio, television, VCRs, and so on-on courting behavior. These devices have changed notions of public and private space, and of acceptable and unacceptable behavior. They have altered every aspect of the courting scene, from how persons become acquainted to how they establish contact, in every sense of the word. Yet, should we not expect technology to reflect the social and economic environment in which it was designed and diffused? So, have indeed electronic devices changed courting behavior?