Event
How does digital media affect our intimate lives?
Digital media has taken over our social life, including our intimate life.
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Thu 9 Nov 17
18:30 - 21:00
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Off Campus
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Event speaker
Dr Jochem Willemsen
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Event type
Lectures, talks and seminars
ESRC Festival of Social Science 2017 -
Event organiser
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, Department of
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Contact details
Dr Jochem Willemsen
People of all ages use the internet and social media in search of romantic and sexual experiences.
Does this change the way we love? Can it improve our intimate relations? And what are the risks?
Researchers from our Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies and our Centre for Intimate and Sexual Citizenship give their insights on digital media.
The Talks
1. Online dating – Learning Studio A
- Dr Roísin Ryan-Flood: Heterosexual people’s experiences with online dating
- Camilla Giambonini: Sexting in adolescents
2. Social media – Learning Studio B
- Dr Aaron Balick: Are online selves partial selves?
- Paul Driscoll-Evans: Gay men’s experiences with online dating
3. Digital sexuality - Restaurant
- Dr Elena Della Rosa: Adolescents’ use of online sex imagery
- Helen Rand: Online sex work
All talks start at 6.30pm and there’ll be a break from 7.30pm – 8.00pm.
Join the debate
Entry is free but you’ll need to book your place by emailing pps@essex.ac.uk.
