Dating apps have become one of the most prominent and contentious topics in the realm of
intimacy among the wider public and academia. Media and communication researchers …

Digital migration studies is research on migration in relation to digital technologies. As we1
explore in this book, research addresses the digitization of borders and the datafication of …

This study uses mixed methods to explore how and why Chinese gay men disclose
themselves for dating purposes on Zhihu, a Chinese question-answering platform …

Introduction Mobile dating apps emerged with the development of technology, for example,
Blued in China, becoming a new risk field for gay men in the AIDS era. Users use social …

The concept of hegemonic masculinity has been used in Chinese sociology since the early-
2020s to explain Chinese wealthy men's power over women in the market reform era …

Sexting, herein defined as the sending of self-made sexually explicit images has mostly
been studied within the context of heterosexual relationships and among adolescent and …

Studies on the Chinese internet mostly focus on how the government censors content and
regulate digital platforms. We rarely know how internet companies understand, respond to …

Using multiple methods and qualitative research design (including analysis of online dating
profiles, digital ethnography, and in-depth interviews), I examine the discriminatory nature …

From the early years of the internet, its key importance was recognized as a site for sexual
minorities to explore and express their identity and sexuality. Gay men were quick to connect …

In this article, we explore the experiences of male rural Chinese gay live streamers who find
themselves at the mercy of “cruel optimism”. This notion, first introduced by Lauren Berlant …