Outputs (50)

COVID sex lives : survey 1 report (2021)
Report

This report presents initial findings from the first survey of Covid Sex Lives project. Public health
measures to mitigate the spread of coronavirus are translated into media messaging by
organisations that target the health of different groups. Th... Read More about COVID sex lives : survey 1 report.

Facemums 2018: final report (2020)
Report
McCarthy, R., Choucri, L., Jones, J., Butler, D., Chatwin, J., Brettle, A., & Light, B. (2020). Facemums 2018: final report

Continuity of care and easy access to reliable information during pregnancy is essential to the health and wellbeing of pregnant women. In recent years widespread use of the internet has fundamentally changed the way people obtain health informatio... Read More about Facemums 2018: final report.

NSFW: sex, humor, and risk in social media (2019)
Book

An exploration of how and why social media content is tagged as “not safe for work” and an argument against conflating sexual content with risk.

The hashtag #NSFW (not safe for work) acts as both a warning and an invitation. NSFW tells users, “We... Read More about NSFW: sex, humor, and risk in social media.

The Dick Pic: Harassment, Curation, and Desire (2019)
Journal Article
Paasonen, S., Light, B., & Jarrett, K. (2019). The Dick Pic: Harassment, Curation, and Desire. Social Media + Society, 5(2), https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119826126

The combined rise of digital photography and social media has expanded what might be considered photo worthy. Among the pouting selfies and food stuffs of the day exists the ubiquitous dick pic. The mainstream media generally focuses on dick pics of... Read More about The Dick Pic: Harassment, Curation, and Desire.

Ashley Madison (2018)
Book Chapter

As the introduction to this volume indicates, apps are a challenge to study because, among other reasons, they are usually made technically inaccessible to researchers by developers. This chapter is methodological in nature and illustrates the use of... Read More about Ashley Madison.

Locked down apps versus the social media ecology : why do young people and educators disagree on the best delivery platform for digital sexual health entertainment education? (2018)
Journal Article
McKee, A., Albury, K., Burgess, J., Light, B., Osman, K., & Walsh, A. (2018). Locked down apps versus the social media ecology : why do young people and educators disagree on the best delivery platform for digital sexual health entertainment education?. New Media and Society, 20(12), 4571-4589. https://doi.org/10.1177/1461444818778255

This article reports on focus groups exploring the best way to reach young men with vulgar comedy videos that provide sexual health information. Young people reported that they found the means by which the material was presented - as a locked down ap... Read More about Locked down apps versus the social media ecology : why do young people and educators disagree on the best delivery platform for digital sexual health entertainment education?.

Big Data, Method and the Ethics of Location: A Case Study of a Hookup App for Men Who Have Sex with Men (2018)
Journal Article
Light, B., Mitchell, P., & Wikström, P. (2018). Big Data, Method and the Ethics of Location: A Case Study of a Hookup App for Men Who Have Sex with Men. Social Media + Society, 4(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118768299

With the rise of geo-social media, location is emerging as a particularly sensitive data point for big data and digital media research. To explore this area, we reflect on our ethics for a study in which we analyze data generated via an app that faci... Read More about Big Data, Method and the Ethics of Location: A Case Study of a Hookup App for Men Who Have Sex with Men.

Study protocol : responding to the needs of patients with IgA nephropathy, a social media approach (2017)
Journal Article

Background
IgA nephropathy is the most common cause of glomerulonephritis in the Western world and predominantly affects young adults. Demographically these patients are the biggest users of social media. With increasing numbers of patients turning... Read More about Study protocol : responding to the needs of patients with IgA nephropathy, a social media approach.

Data cultures of mobile dating and hook-up apps : emerging issues for critical social science research (2017)
Journal Article
Albury, K., Burgess, J., Light, B., Race, K., & Wilken, R. (2017). Data cultures of mobile dating and hook-up apps : emerging issues for critical social science research. Big Data and Society, 4(2), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951717720950

The ethical and social implications of data mining, algorithmic curation and automation in the context of social media have been of heightened concern for a range of researchers with interests in digital media in recent years, with particular concern... Read More about Data cultures of mobile dating and hook-up apps : emerging issues for critical social science research.

The material role of digital media in connecting with, within, and beyond museums (2016)
Journal Article

The connective potentials of digital media have been positioned as a key part of a contemporary museum visitor experience. Using a sociology of translation, we construct a network of visitor experiences using data from a digital media engagement proj... Read More about The material role of digital media in connecting with, within, and beyond museums.