Safe on My Phone? Same-Sex Attracted Young People’s Negotiations of Intimacy, Visibility, and Risk on Digital Hook-Up Apps

This article draws on focus group interviews with same-sex attracted Australian men and women aged 18-29, to reflect on their accounts of the perceived risks and opportunities offered by hook-up apps such as Grindr, Blendr, and Hornet. Until recently, scholarly accounts of same-sex attracted men hoo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kath Albury, Paul Byron
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-10-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305116672887