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Internet Sexualities

Author : Nicola Döring

Published in: International Handbook of Internet Research

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

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Abstract

The term “internet sexuality” (or OSA, online sexual activities) refers to sexual-related content and activities observable on the internet (cf. Adams, Oye, & Parker, 2003; Cooper, McLoughlin, & Campbell, 2000; Leiblum & Döring, 2002). It designates a variety of sexual phenomena (e.g., pornography, sex education, sexual contacts) related to a wide spectrum of online services and applications (e.g., websites, online chat rooms, peer-to-peer networks). If an even broader range of computer networks – such as the Usenet or bulletin board systems – is included in this extensional definition, one speaks of “online sexuality” or “cybersexuality.”

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Metadata
Title
Internet Sexualities
Author
Nicola Döring
Copyright Year
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Book
International Handbook of Internet Research

Print ISBN: 978-1-4020-9788-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-4020-9789-8

Copyright Year: 2010

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9789-8_10

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