Snapchat as a new tool for sexual access: Are there sex differences?

Moran, James; Salerno, Kelsey; Wade, T. Joel

doi:10.1016/j.paid.2018.02.040

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“…Further, we expect that unrestricted sociosexuality predicts being more comfortable picking up a stranger, seeking short-term mates (hooking up, casual sex) rather than long-term mates (i.e., committed relationship), and rating themselves high on short-term mate value. In predicting PBMDA use, we expect that sociosexuality accounts for the effect of the other short-term oriented indicators (Moran et al, 2018;Penke & Asendorpf, 2008;Sevi et al, 2017). H2: From Sexual Strategies Theory (Buss & Schmitt, 1993), we predict that (1) Relative to women, men will show more mating relevant PBMDA activity such as approving and meeting up with partners following dating app use (Buss & Schmitt, 1993;Sager et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Further, Moran et al (2018) found sociosexuality related to hook up behavior in the use of the Snapchat dating app. Although the primary motivation for PBMDA use may be to achieve casual sex (see preliminary findings by Kuhle et al, 2016), the extent to which sociosexuality predicts actual PBMDA use remains to be studied.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“…Further, different from men, women had a substantially lower motivation for casual sex compared to love (Sumter et al, 2017). Recently, Moran, Salerno and Wade (2018) found that unrestricted Snapchat users were more likely to use that picture sharing app to gain sexual access and hookups.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Individual differences in sociosexuality predict picture-based mobile dating app use

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Personality and Individual Differences

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This study investigates individual differences, sex differences and predictors of current and prior use of Picture-Based Mobile Dating Apps (PBMDA), including level and type of PBMDA activity, and reasons for PBMDA use. Six hundred and forty-one Norwegian university students aged between 19 and 29 years completed a questionnaire in lecture breaks. Nearly half of the participants reported former or current PBMDA use. One in five was current users. We found that PBMDA-users tend to report being less restricted in their sociosexuality (as measured with the SOI-R) than participants who have never used PBMDAs. This effect was equally strong for men and women. Sociosexuality essentially accounted for the effects of other variables such as seeking a casual sex partner, being comfortable picking up strangers, and self-reported short-term mate value. As predicted, women and men's reasons for using PBMDAs differed. Relative to women, men emphasized desire for sex as a reason for using PBMDAs. When controlling for sex, age and SOI Desire there was no evidence that length of use increased lifetime casual sex partners. We conclude that the new technology provided by PBMDAs merely represents a new arena for short-term sexual behavior, and not necessarily a facilitator of new sexual behaviors.

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confidence: 96%

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Individual differences in sociosexuality predict picture-based mobile dating app use

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“…Several studies suggest that Snapchat is used to maintain relationships (Piwek andJoinson, 2016, Grieve, 2017). Snapchat is also associated with "sexting" and the sharing of flirtatious sexual images (Handyside and Ringrose, 2017, Charteris et al, 2018, Utz et al, 2015, Moran et al, 2018).…”

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Streams of fun and cringe: talking about Snapchat as mediated affective practice

2019

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How do young people interpret and negotiate their sense of being affected in the context of social media use? Our study draws on recent theorizing that views affective practices as discursive, relational, and imbued with power. We specifically address practices that users engage in as they pursue forms of digitally mediated emotional involvement when using Snapchat, an image-based social media application. Our data consist of focus group dialogues with Norwegian students aged 16-19, recruited from schools selected for socioeconomic and multicultural diversity. Excerpts exemplify how Snapchat use is not only engagingly talked about, but also affects non-digital everyday interactions. The analysis illustrates how young people's talk about Snapchat deploys various discursive objects that convey promises of happiness and well-being, and affords particular forms of subjectivity. Image-sharing practices, and how they are communicated and felt, are embedded in and reproduce social norms, yet also provide spaces of belonging.

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“…Predictable sex differences in the motivation to use Snapchat may also exist. Moran et al (2018) discovered that men were more predisposed than women to use the app for hook-ups as were more unrestricted individuals.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Infidelity-Revealing Snapchat Messages Arouse Different Levels of Jealousy Depending on Sex, Type of Message and Identity of the Opposite Sex Rival

Dünn

Ward

2019

Evolutionary Psychological Science

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Research highlighting sex-differentiated jealousy resulting from imagined scenarios has now been reaffirmed when the infidelityrevealing message is discovered on a social media platform. Participants in the current study were presented with both sexually and emotionally charged infidelity-revealing scenarios featuring a same-sex sibling, a friend and a stranger in the format of a 'Snapchat' message. Men indicated significantly higher jealousy to sexual as opposed to emotional messages with the reverse pattern evident in women. Sex differences were also evident in the extent of jealousy elicited by 'third-party' identity. Women were significantly more jealous when the imagined infidelity occurred between their sister compared to both a best friend and a stranger with males showing significantly lower jealousy directed towards their brother compared to a stranger. These findings are supportive not only of a parental investment (PI) interpretation of sex differences in jealousy but also an interpretation consistent with aspects of inclusive fitness theory.

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Snapchat as a new tool for sexual access: Are there sex differences?

Cited by 18 publications

References 33 publications

Individual differences in sociosexuality predict picture-based mobile dating app use

Individual differences in sociosexuality predict picture-based mobile dating app use

Streams of fun and cringe: talking about Snapchat as mediated affective practice

Infidelity-Revealing Snapchat Messages Arouse Different Levels of Jealousy Depending on Sex, Type of Message and Identity of the Opposite Sex Rival

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