I recent article by NPR:
https://www.facebook.com/NPR/posts/10156528423221756
takes a positive slant on a booming 21st century phenomenon: online dating.
Social media is having an increasing cut in the world of online dating. Apps such as Tinder attract a great amount of attention and research to provide you with solid material for a final project.
Here is some ready-to-go information on the topic: http://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims?s=online+dating
How can you tie it up to global issues?
Consider this: in some societies (e.g. India, Pakistan), pre-arranged marriages are still part of the social fabric. They are traditional social behavior, which goes back centuries and suggests traditionalism, maybe even backwardness. However, there are news from those countries that more and more parents are using online dating apps to arrange the marriage. Can you make a comparison between such “online dating” and the online dating you are familiar with?