Unfaithful narratives: methodological and affective notes about experiences of masculinity in a dating website for married people

Internet, sex and secret are a triad that launches many methodological and ethical challenges for those who conduct researches in the digital media field requiring reinvention of already consolidated techniques. On Ashley Madison website, which is oriented to promote dates between married people, I...

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Main Author: Larissa Pelúcio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas 2015-06-01
Series:Cadernos Pagu
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/cpa/n44/pt_0104-8333-cpa-44-00031.pdf
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description Internet, sex and secret are a triad that launches many methodological and ethical challenges for those who conduct researches in the digital media field requiring reinvention of already consolidated techniques. On Ashley Madison website, which is oriented to promote dates between married people, I became immersed in the dynamics of these relations in which the tension among new communication technologies, masculinities, conjugalities and affections market led me to discuss the researcher's place and role as interlocutor and confident; being aware of the emotional dimension of media proved to be a crucial factor on the production of discourse and of the evident textualization of oneself.
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Unfaithful narratives: methodological and affective notes about experiences of masculinity in a dating website for married people
Cadernos Pagu
Ashley Madison
Digital Media
Contemporary Conjugalities
Masculinity
Online Research Methodology
title Unfaithful narratives: methodological and affective notes about experiences of masculinity in a dating website for married people
title_full Unfaithful narratives: methodological and affective notes about experiences of masculinity in a dating website for married people
title_fullStr Unfaithful narratives: methodological and affective notes about experiences of masculinity in a dating website for married people
title_full_unstemmed Unfaithful narratives: methodological and affective notes about experiences of masculinity in a dating website for married people
title_short Unfaithful narratives: methodological and affective notes about experiences of masculinity in a dating website for married people
title_sort unfaithful narratives methodological and affective notes about experiences of masculinity in a dating website for married people
topic Ashley Madison
Digital Media
Contemporary Conjugalities
Masculinity
Online Research Methodology
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