Technology-Based Sexualities

Dubé, Simon; Santaguida, Maria; Anctil, Dave; Leshner, Connor Emont; Vachon, David D.; Johnson, Aaron P.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-59531-3_70-1

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“…The average daily time spent watching TV in the United States increased by 2.5 hr in 2019 to 3.9 hr between March and April 2020 (Gruber, 2020). The same trend was observed for other Internet-based activities, including video gaming (Arkenberg, 2020; Hawkins, 2020; Xu et al, 2021), cybersex (Dubé et al, 2020), or online gambling (The European Business Review, 2020).…”

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“…They also corroborate the higher consumption of streaming content recorded during this period, as reflected by the significant growth in streaming services subscriptions worldwide (Gruber, 2020; Moody, 2020). More broadly, the same trend was observed for other online and digital activities during the pandemic, including video gaming (Arkenberg, 2020; Hawkins, 2020), cybersex (Dubé et al, 2020), and online gambling (The European Business Review, 2020).…”

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Binge-watching in times of COVID-19: A longitudinal examination of changes in affect and TV series consumption patterns during lockdown.

Sigre-Leirós¹,

Billieux²,

Möhr³

et al. 2023

Psychology of Popular Media

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COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns have had major negative effects on individuals’ mental health and psychological well-being. Isolated at home, people may engage in recreational activities such as binge-watching (i.e., viewing multiple episodes of a TV series in 1 session) as a strategy to regulate emotional states. This is the first longitudinal study assessing changes in TV series viewing patterns during the first COVID-19 lockdown and examining whether binge-watching was associated with changes in positive and negative affect throughout this period. TV series viewing practices and motivations, binge-watching behaviors, psychopathological symptoms, and affective states were jointly assessed through a 6-week longitudinal online survey at 3 time points (i.e., T1, T2, and T3), in Belgium, France, and Switzerland. Results showed significant increases in individuals’ watching habits (e.g., higher daily time spent viewing, expansion of coviewing practices). Results from the longitudinal analyses principally showed that male gender and social motives for TV series watching predicted a decrease in negative affect levels. A problematic binge-watching pattern characterized by loss of control was the single predictor of an increase in negative affect over time. These findings suggest that TV series watching patterns effectively increased during the first COVID-19 lockdown. Watching TV series for social motives emerged as a protective factor, whereas problematic binge-watching seemed to act as a maladaptive emotion regulation strategy throughout these unprecedented circumstances.

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Binge-watching in times of COVID-19: A longitudinal examination of changes in affect and TV series consumption patterns during lockdown.

Sigre-Leirós¹,

Billieux²,

Möhr³

et al. 2023

Psychology of Popular Media

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“…While this study introduces new terminology that is independent of previous research in social robotics (e.g., Dubé et al, 2021), future research can work to integrate the findings of this paper with the theory of lovotics and erobotics presented by other scholars in the field (e.g., Dubé & Antcil, 2020;Samani & Saadatian, 2012).…”

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“…The fields of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI;Kriz et al, 2010;Lohse, 2009), Erobotics (Dubé & Anctil, 2020;Dubé et al, 2021) and Lovotics (Samani et al, 2010;Samani & Saadatian, 2012) examine the compatibility of humans and robots in platonic and sexual contexts. Evidence suggests that if a robot looks exactly human, people may want to be friends with it (Carpenter et al, 2006;Ezer, Fisk & Rogers, 2009).…”

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Technically in Love: Individual Differences relating to Sexual and Platonic Relationships with Robots

Leshner¹,

Johnson²

2023

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Incremental advancements in technology present researchers with unique opportunities to examine and predict human behavior not only during, but before the integration of technology into daily life. While human-like, autonomous robots are still a thing of science fiction, digital assistant technology is becoming increasingly prevalent in various industries, like entertainment and business. Previous studies have identified trends in both the design and reception of these technologies, including gender biases and social “othering”, which may affect how humans interact with more advanced robotic technologies in the future. The aim of the current study was to determine whether preconceived beliefs about gender inequality and social hierarchies would predict individuals’ interest in engaging in platonic friendships (“robofriendship”) or sexual relationships (“robosexuality”) with hypothetical human-like robots. Gender, ambivalent sexism, social dominance orientation, and sociosexual orientation were used to predict individuals’ interest in both robofriendship and robosexuality. It was found that hostile sexism positively predicted interest in robosexuality, particularly for men (β =.16, b = .27, 95% CI [.03, .30], t(209) =2.364, p =.019). Conversely, hostile sexism negatively predicted robofriendship, and significant interactions effects were found in that at lower levels of SDO, women maintained greater interest in robofriendship than men (β = .26, b = .54, 95% CI [.09, .99], t(208) = -2.235, p = .02). The current study provides preliminary evidence to suggest that preconceived beliefs about social hierarchy and gender inequality may impact romantic and platonic interactions between humans and robots. Limitations and future directions are also discussed.

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“…From these statistics we observe the steady growth of academic interest in the subject. Love and sex with robots are now being addressed by the intersecting, multifaceted, and everexpanding research on technosexuality, cybersexuality, digisexuality, lovotics, and erobotics (Dubé et al, 2021).…”

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Special issue on love and sex with robots

Dubé

Levy

2022

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The study of love and sex with robots is a steadily growing academic discipline within the transdisciplinary field of Social Robotics. This growing discipline is increasingly approached through various perspectives, ranging from Human-Machine Interaction, Robotics, and research on Artificial Intelligence and Life, to Humanities, Social, Human, and Health Sciences, as well as Queer, Feminist, and Critical Studies. This area of research can trace its origins to seminal contributions, such as Dr. David Levy's successful defence of the PhD thesis entitled "Intimate Relationships with Artificial Partners" in 2007, at the University of Maastricht, and the almost simultaneous publication of his book "Love + Sex with Robots" (Levy, 2007).Prior to these seminal events, the topic of human-machine intimacy and sexuality had belonged almost exclusively to the realm of science fiction. A search using Google Scholar for the years 2000-2005 demonstrates the sparsity of occurrences of the phrase "sex with robots" in the academic literature, finding an average of only one occurrence per year for that period. In the following quinquennium, during which those groundbreaking events took place, the average number of occurrences rose to 26 per year. Between 2011 and 2015 it was 52, during 2016-2020 it was 153, and last year there were 187 such occurrences. From these statistics we observe the steady growth of academic interest in the subject. Love and sex with robots are now being addressed by the intersecting, multifaceted, and everexpanding research on technosexuality, cybersexuality, digisexuality, lovotics, and erobotics (Dubé et al., 2021).

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Technology-Based Sexualities

Cited by 7 publications

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Binge-watching in times of COVID-19: A longitudinal examination of changes in affect and TV series consumption patterns during lockdown.

Binge-watching in times of COVID-19: A longitudinal examination of changes in affect and TV series consumption patterns during lockdown.

Technically in Love: Individual Differences relating to Sexual and Platonic Relationships with Robots

Special issue on love and sex with robots

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