Digital Studies

Dating in the Digital Age: Sociological Studies of Digital Sexual Spaces

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Thursday May 19 11:00 am to 12:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

In our contemporary erotic sphere, digital spaces have become central sexual arenas. We have witnessed the emergence and burgeoning of a variety of digital sexual spaces where sexual actors can ... more

Digital Risks

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Wednesday May 18 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

With society moving toward becoming more digitized, there are more opportunities for data breaches and leaks, digital threats, and deviant and/or criminal behaviours to be carried out online. As ... more

Intersectional Feminist Sociologies in a Digital Age I

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Tuesday May 17 11:00 am to 12:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

This session invited a range of intersectional feminist sociologists to help us make sense of, exist within, and grapple our way through this digital age. From activists making use of ... more

Intersectional Feminist Sociologies in a Digital Age II

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Tuesday May 17 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

This session invited a range of intersectional feminist sociologists to help us make sense of, exist within, and grapple our way through this digital age. From activists making use of ... more

Privacy and Technology

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Tuesday May 17 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

Digital communications technologies present challenges to user privacy, including how privacy is managed, experienced and understood. Technological affordances, including algorithmically directed content, also influences how content may be flagged as ... more