TABLE 4.
Sexual interactions THROUGH digital technologies: subtypes.
| Subtype | Activity | Consent | Commerce | Example studies |
| (1) Face-to-face sexual interactions enabled through digital technology | People initiating their face-to-face sexual encounters through digital dating services. | + | – | Jung et al. (2019) Sevcikova and Daneback (2011) Timmermans and Courtois (2018) Wu and Ward (2018) |
| – | – | Greene-Colozzi et al. (2020) Malesky (2007) Schulz et al. (2016) Thompson (2018) | ||
| + | + | Brennan (2017) Kingston and Smith (2020) Mergenthaler and Yasseri (2021) Morris (2021) | ||
| – | + | Beckham and Prohaska (2012) Jonsson et al. (2014) O’Brien and Li (2020) | ||
| (2) Face-to-face sexual interactions accompanied by passive-receptive use of digital technology | People shaping their face-to-face sexual encounters through joint pornography use. | + | – | Kohut et al. (2018) Willoughby and Leonhardt (2020) |
| – | – | Langevin and Curnoe (2004) | ||
| + | + | / | ||
| – | + | / | ||
| (3) Face-to-face sexual interactions accompanied by active-productive use of digital technology | People shaping their face-to-face sexual encounters through live filming and streaming the act. | + | – | Ruberg (2016) Schwarz (2010) |
| – | – | Eaton et al. (2020) | ||
| + | + | Hofer (2014) Stardust (2019) | ||
| – | + | Boyle (2011) |
Consent: “ + ” – consensual sexual interactions, “–“ – non-consensual sexual interactions. Commerce: “ + ” – commercial sexual interactions, “–“ – non-commercial sexual interactions.