TABLE 5.
Sexual interactions VIA digital technologies: subtypes.
| Subtype | Activity | Consent | Commerce | Example studies |
| (1) Technology-mediated sexual interactions via digital media communication | Digital technologies are used to create a mediated text-, audio-, image-, photo- or video-based sexual interaction. | + | – | Beyens and Eggermont (2014) Carvalheira and Gomes (2003) Gregory (2018) Mileham (2007) |
| – | – | Henry et al. (2018) Mandau (2020) Mckinlay and Lavis (2020) Naezer and van Oosterhout (2021) | ||
| + | + | Bleakley (2014) Jones (2016) Selmi (2014) Weiss (2018) | ||
| – | + | Açar (2017) Jones (2016) | ||
| (2) Technology-mediated sexual interactions via immersive virtual environments | Digital technologies are used to create a mediated avatar-based sexual interaction in virtual worlds. | + | – | Craft (2012) Gilbert et al. (2011) Mello et al. (2021) Wardle (2018) |
| – | – | Behm-Morawitz and Schipper (2016) Reeves (2018) Strikwerda (2015) | ||
| + | + | Lynch (2010) Martin (2014) Procter (2015) Smith (2009) | ||
| – | + | / | ||
| (3) Technology-mediated sexual interactions via remote-controlled sex toys | Digital technologies are used to create a mediated sex toy-facilitated sexual interaction. | + | – | Flore and Pienaar (2020) Gomes and Wu (2018) Liberati (2017) |
| – | – | Sparrow and Karas (2020) Sundén (2020) Wynn et al. (2017) | ||
| + | + | Martins (2019) | ||
| – | + | / |
Consent: “ + ” – consensual sexual interactions, “–“ – non-consensual sexual interactions. Commerce: “ + ” – commercial sexual interactions, “–“ – non-commercial sexual interactions.