Critique of The Representation of Women and Female Agency in the Indian Online Matrimonial Market

Indeed, the author had many strengths while writing the paper as well a couple of weaknesses as well. Therefore, this paper aims to critique Fritzi-Marie Titzmann work on the overview of the article, the thesis statement of the material and the main points of the author's argument that he used to justify the article. Also, the paper will critique the methodologies applied in research as well as how the author substantiates his ideas on the topic of the online matrimonial market. The overview of the Article The article focuses on the online matrimonial market where people have seemingly abandoned traditional ways when the time of marriage nears. First of all, the title of the page has got biased in that it has focused only on women and female agencies.

However, in general, the overview of the article is relatable to the Indian situation when it comes to marriage and online dating. The thesis of the article In the thesis statement of the section, we learn that the author applies both the online and fieldwork research carried mainly in Mumbai. India is a big country with a high population. For reliable and efficient statistics, Marie needed to expand the area of study to give a general view on how the whole of India has been able to utilize the online platform to find love. The use of the “so-called true and success stories” is not so convincing to the ready. The analogy does not necessarily justify the possibility of increased users since some people could be creating websites out of mere curiosity.

Marie points out that half of the online dating websites in India are South Asians and this is not surprising since the practice was already in existence through newspaper advertisements. Also, the author argues that the internet is just an addition to the existing tradition. In my opinion, the online websites cannot exist without the internet. The author should be specific that internet is everything and the technological advances have made things easier as compared to newspaper advertisements. Methodology The author applies the method of medialization in analyzing the scenario of the online matrimonial market. The approach investigates the effects associated with media in the society and the culture. Medialization gets divided into three; individualization, spatial dimension and increasing immediacy. Individualization is a social change and trends found in media content analysis while increasing immediacy outlines outcomes associated with changing forms of communication and technological advances.