Sex on and with social media is framed as deviant, risky, and generally ill advised. Most generic social media platforms restrict sexual expression. Meanwhile the internet continues to be a key resource of sexual information, is becoming a central infrastructure for sex-work and dating apps are advertised as a good way for finding sex.
Relying on work done for the Sex and Social Media book (co-author Emily van der Nagel) and a recent 3-year research project on Nordic and Scandinavian sexual platforms, this talk explores the contradictions emerging at the intersection of sex and social media, explores how social media shapes sex and vice versa and address some common misconceptions about socially mediated sex.
Katrin Tiidenberg is Professor II in Screen Cultures at the University of Oslo, and Professor of Participatory Culture at Tallinn University. Her research focuses on the hows and whys of people's social media practices, with a particular emphasis on visuality, sex and political participation.
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