‘I still want to know they’re not terrible people’: Negotiating ‘queer community’ on dating apps

Pym, T; Byron, P; Albury, K

‘I still want to know they’re not terrible people’: Negotiating ‘queer community’ on dating apps

Pym, T Byron, P

Albury, K

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Publisher:: SAGE Publications
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: International Journal of Cultural Studies, 2020, pp. 136787792095933-136787792095933
Issue Date:: 2020-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Pym, T
dc.contributor.author	Byron, P https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6591-3060
dc.contributor.author	Albury, K
dc.date.accessioned	2020-10-29T07:03:43Z
dc.date.available	2020-10-29T07:03:43Z
dc.date.issued	2020-01-01
dc.identifier.citation	International Journal of Cultural Studies, 2020, pp. 136787792095933-136787792095933
dc.identifier.issn	1367-8779
dc.identifier.issn	1460-356X
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/143581
dc.description.abstract	© The Author(s) 2020. Digital media has played a historical role in orienting LGBTQ+ young people’s notions of ‘community’ around performances of identity and selfhood. In our research with LGBTQ+ dating app users aged 18–35, ‘queer community’ materialised in relation to participants’ expectations of ethical alignment with others, with an emphasis on performing a reflexive self who was clear and consistent in what they sought on apps. Participants described apps as providing access to community, or enhancing existing connections forged via other social media or in-person contexts. In ways that both cohered with and diverged from historical framings of ‘queer community’, the concept emerged as a shared understanding of ethical conduct, where emotional safety and connecting with ‘nice people’ were prioritised. App users acknowledged the challenges of navigating the constraints and possibilities of dating app cultures and infrastructures, alongside negotiating one’s political responsibilities to ‘queer community’.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	SAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartof	International Journal of Cultural Studies
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1367877920959332
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dc.subject	15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services, 19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing, 20 Language, Communication and Culture
dc.subject.classification	Communication & Media Studies
dc.title	‘I still want to know they’re not terrible people’: Negotiating ‘queer community’ on dating apps
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.for	15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services
utslib.for	19 Studies in Creative Arts and Writing
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences/IKM and Digital Studies Program
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© The Author(s) 2020. Digital media has played a historical role in orienting LGBTQ+ young people’s notions of ‘community’ around performances of identity and selfhood. In our research with LGBTQ+ dating app users aged 18–35, ‘queer community’ materialised in relation to participants’ expectations of ethical alignment with others, with an emphasis on performing a reflexive self who was clear and consistent in what they sought on apps. Participants described apps as providing access to community, or enhancing existing connections forged via other social media or in-person contexts. In ways that both cohered with and diverged from historical framings of ‘queer community’, the concept emerged as a shared understanding of ethical conduct, where emotional safety and connecting with ‘nice people’ were prioritised. App users acknowledged the challenges of navigating the constraints and possibilities of dating app cultures and infrastructures, alongside negotiating one’s political responsibilities to ‘queer community’.

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