Dating App Research

Introducing our @ESRC project (pls share!) DATING APP CONNECTIONS exploring how ppl used #DatingApps to start/maintain intimate relationships during & after #COVID19 Updates: 📌Follow @DatingAppRes 📌Email news bit.ly/3DZqT1A 📌Web bit.ly/3RA6sM9 1/6

Concerned about #imposter participants? In our latest paper in @IJQMonline, we discuss the epistemic implications of imposters and suggest a new terminology: "suspected participants" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/16…

🌈 Dating App Research Alert! A study by @DatingAppRes and @HealthBeetle with 900+ participants has created resources for safe and fun dating app use. Check out the new resources: [manchester.ac.uk/about/news/new…] #CommunityResearch #DigitalWellbeing #SoSSResearch

6/ 📝DATING APPS & HEALTH PROMOTION is our guide for public/sexual health practitioners & orgs who want to use apps for health messaging. @JGarciaIglesias @uomsoss @BiomedSelfSoc @creativemess @ProfKEBrown @KTwamley @tom_carpino @ESRC @QianXiong3 figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/onlin…

5/ 📝Our GUIDE FOR DATING APP USERS pulls together all the pro's and con's of using dating apps and looks at how to use them safely and enjoyably. @JGarciaIglesias @uomsoss @BiomedSelfSoc @creativemess @ProfKEBrown @KTwamley @tom_carpino @ESRC figshare.manchester.ac.uk/articles/onlin…

📢Have you seen our videos & guides on using dating apps for love sex friendship & fun? We'll be sharing all this week. Pls share/let us know what u think! 🧵 @JGarciaIglesias @uomsoss @creativemess @ProfKEBrown @KTwamley @inequalccsr @tom_carpino @ESRC youtube.com/watch?v=h2314d…

What will DoxyPEP implementation look like in the UK? Join our roundtable on Nov 29th feat. @DewsnapClaire Manik Kohli @GilmoreJNurse @benvyle & @EdFTMxxx Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-aids-d…

📢@JGarciaIglesias, @SophieAthe & Peter Aggleton explore COVID-19's impact on memories & metaphors linked to the AIDS epidemic. They argue experiences during COVID-19 not only shift current views of HIV but also reshape how we recall the AIDS crisis. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Can't make it to Manchester this Friday for our conference on dating apps, risk and intimacy? You can now attend online and learn more about our findings: eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-atten…

Do you want to use mixed-methods to research intimacy and resilience? Look out for this #protocol by @JGarciaIglesias and @DatingAppRes on using surveys and interviews to explore dating apps and their impacts during #COVID! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/16…

Conference: Intimacy, Risk & Resilience in Online Dating 6 Sept 2024, Manchester Join us for findings from our @DatingAppRes research, keynote from Sharif Mowlabocus aka @creativemess, policy discussions & more. All welcome! @uomsoss @JGarciaIglesias eventbrite.co.uk/e/intimacy-ris…

Dating apps can be powerful allies in public health, providing info in an accessible, effective way, but caution is needed to avoid compromising user privacy, safety & marginalisation - @JGarciaIglesias B Heaphy & @NagingtonUoM. @uomsoss @DigitalUoM theconversation.com/why-using-dati…

Interested in researching dating apps, intimacy & resilience? This #protocol discusses a mixed-methods approach to dating apps during #COVID by the @DatingAppRes team by @JGarciaIglesias and colleagues journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/16…

🤔Interested in the intersection of online technologies with relationships, sexualities, & sexual health? @MCRSociology has a conference featuring @DatingAppRes, a cutting-edge project funded by @ESRC🤳. Sign up: tinyurl.com/3h3t7st6 @uomsoss @uomhums @UoMSciEng @FBMH_UoM pic.twitter.com/sp0hXIDPzb

Why using dating apps for public health messaging is an ethical dilemma - Brian Heaphy, @JGarciaIglesias & @NagingtonUoM @uomsoss @BSADigitalSoc @DigitalUoM @DatingAppRes theconversation.com/why-using-dati…

🚨Super excited to announce our edited book "Viral Times" co-edited w/ @NagingtonUoM & Peter Aggleton w/ @routledgebooks. Social, cultural, community & medical takes on the longer-term of both pandemics Out April 30 and open access thanks @UKRI_News 👀Let's look inside!

Really excited for this Instagram Live tomorrow with fabulous colleagues from @cmvm_research! Will be talking about the work we do at @BiomedSelfSoc to tackle HIV and help people live fulfilling lives. #WorldAIDSDay2023

As someone who has spent the last few years researching dating apps and health… I have MANY thoughts on partnering with #Grindr for health promotion. Incoming 🧵