PSY 4122 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Teledildonics, Phone Sex, Sexting
28 Apr 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
March 6, 2018
Technology-Mediated Sexual Interaction
Technology and Sex
Key terms:
-Sexting: text messages of a sexual nature
•Sexually explicit
•May include photos or videos
-Cybersex: online sexual activity
-Phone sex: sexual conversation over a phone call
-Teledildonics: sexual toy controlled by remote control (ex. apps, controllers)
•Someone else controls the sex toy
Problems with these terms:
-Behaviours vs. Technology: do they describe the behaviour or the technology?
-Ex. Sexting = sexual messages sent over SMS
•SMS isn’t used as much due to the rise of the smartphone
-Evolution of technology made it harder to distinguish between behaviours and technology
-Blurred lines in type of digital technologies from user perspective (ex. Audio-only Skype vs. Telephone call)
-Overlap in concepts but not linked research topics - no overlap in research topics
-Interpretations even within topics differ - lots of variation in participant interpretation
-Difficulties comparing across studies, time, samples, etc.
New Behavioural Domain
Moved to the term technology-mediated sexual interaction instead
-Umbrella term that focuses on the behaviour
Technology-mediated sexual interactions: activities
-Interpersonal
-Self-created (uses self-created content, not sending videos from YouTube)
-Sexually explicit
-Interaction
-Using digital technology (or analogue?)
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Document Summary
Sexting: text messages of a sexual nature: sexually explicit, may include photos or videos. Phone sex: sexual conversation over a phone call. Teledildonics: sexual toy controlled by remote control (ex. apps, controllers: someone else controls the sex toy. Sexting = sexual messages sent over sms: sms isn"t used as much due to the rise of the smartphone. Evolution of technology made it harder to distinguish between behaviours and technology. Blurred lines in type of digital technologies from user perspective (ex. Overlap in concepts but not linked research topics - no overlap in research topics. Interpretations even within topics differ - lots of variation in participant interpretation. Dif culties comparing across studies, time, samples, etc. Moved to the term technology-mediated sexual interaction instead. Umbrella term that focuses on the behaviour. Self-created (uses self-created content, not sending videos from youtube) Research has very little comments on who the other persons are.
