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SUMMARY:Surprising Uses of Dating Apps in Times of Emergency: Lessons Lear
 ned from the Covid Sex Lives Project - Rachel Katz\, Digital Media Sociolo
 gy
DTSTART:20231114T183000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Stefanie Ullmann
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Dating apps serve a multifaceted role in contemporar
 y society\, including the circulation of public health information from or
 ganisations and governments. Join us as we delve into the experiences of t
 he group ‘men who have sex with men’ (MSM) and their use of dating app
 s during the COVID-19 pandemic. We will provide evidence on users’ respo
 nses to health messaging on dating apps\, drawing on findings from the UKR
 I/AHRC funded COVID Sex Lives Project\, a large-scale\, multi-institutiona
 l study. We will discuss the challenges of dating apps as sites of public 
 health messaging\, explore the efficacy of Covid-safe sexual health narrat
 ives\, and analyse the alternate social and sexual cultures that emulate t
 hose made inaccessible by the pandemic. We will conclude with reflections 
 about what this means for public discourses at large.
LOCATION:Richard King room\, Darwin College
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