Weber's "Iron Cage" and Dating Apps
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This college-level sociology worksheet asks students to apply Max Weber's concept of the iron cage to contemporary online dating practices. Four discussion questions examine how dating apps remove social mediation, encourage instrumental rationality in partner selection, optimize user behavior, and constrain authentic connection. Designed to follow assigned reading on online dating trends and sociological theory.
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