Agreements

, 48

Algorithmic bias

, 66

Algorithmic governance

, 113–114

Anti-vax theories

, 115

Apple App Store

, 96, 99, 101

Apps

, 96, 161–162

app-based platforms

, 175

development industry

, 69

ecosystems

, 59, 64–65

presentation

, 101

stores

, 96

usage

, 7, 9–10

young adults and app-based platforms practices

, 167–168

ATLAS.ti software

, 130

Authenticity

, 86

Behavioural approach

, 77–78

Biases in Portuguese Google Play Store

, 61–69

Big Social Data

, 29

Biopolitics

, 120

Co-PI

, 153

Colour

, 62

Communication

, 95

mediator

, 95–97

strategies

, 152–153

Communities of practice

, 140

Community engagement with health messages

campaigns on SRHR and media coverage of reproductive health in United States and Abroad

, 156–158

debate on SRHR in US and Floridian context

, 148–149

feminist epistemologies, social media use and engagement with communication messages

, 149–151

findings

, 153–162

information/disinformation on SRHR in private sphere and online

, 155–156

methodology

, 151–153

personal narratives, storytelling and improvements in health communication messages

, 158–162

SRHR and ‘women’s choice’

, 154–155

Constant connectivity

, 83

Context collapse

, 84

Convergence culture

, 21

Corporate power

, 166

Couple apps

, 97, 105

dating and mingle

, 102

discursive positioning of

, 101–104

fostering emotional and physical intimacy in pursuing healthy relationship

, 102–103

gendering couples

, 104

hearts and bodies in red spectrum

, 101

organising and keeping up with events and friends

, 103–104

COVID-19 pandemic

, 26, 80–81, 103, 115

Critical technology studies

, 78

Critical thematic analysis

, 81

Cultural norms

, 64–65

Cultural significance

, 167

Curation methods

, 66

Data collection

, 97

Data economy

, 28

Data hoarding model

, 29

Dating

apps

, 84–85, 88

and games

, 67–69

Deep mediatisation

, 10

Diary records

, 9

Digital age

, 27–28, 36

Digital citizenship

, 24

Digital communication

, 3–4

Digital cultures

, 10–11, 23, 26, 59, 128, 130

Digital detox

, 26–27

Digital diary methods

, 166, 174

Digital disconnection

, 26–27

Digital dossier

, 135

Digital engagement

, 29

Digital environment

, 4, 58

Digital environments

, 96, 113–114

‘couples’ apps

, 97

date of release, categories and actor type

, 97–99

discursive positioning of couple apps

, 101–104

games, lifestyle, entertainment and more

, 99–100

method and data collection

, 97

from private sector

, 100–101

romantic couples and mobile apps

, 95–97

Digital girl-watching

, 134–136

Digital identity

, 3–4

Digital inclusivity

, 59

Digital interfaces

, 76

Digital intimacy

, 7–8, 52

Digital landscape

, 28–29

Digital literacy

, 22

Digital media

, 2, 67, 76, 128

technologies

, 10–11, 20–21

Digital methods

, 59

Digital natives

, 20–22, 28–29

Digital platforms

, 5, 36–37, 39, 169–170

Digital practices

, 130

Digital profiles

, 174

Digital sociability

, 21–22

Digital socialisation

, 20, 22–23

Digital spaces

, 58, 83

Digital stores

, 58–59

Digital surveillance technologies

, 8

Digital technologies

, 3–4, 7, 27–28, 38–39, 58, 68–69, 94–96, 167–168, 173

Digital tools

, 59–61

Digitalisation

, 25–26

Discursive strategy

, 116

Disinformation on SRHR in private sphere and online

, 155–156

Diversified strategies

, 105

Docile body

, 117

‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

, 148

DownThemAll

, 59–61

E-relationships management

, 171, 173–174

Email

, 82

Emic perspective

, 166

Emotional intimacy in pursuing healthy relationship

, 102–103

Empirical data

, 81

Etic perspective

, 166

Everyday practices

, 167

Facebook

, 81–82, 88

Facebook Messenger

, 82

Fake News, feminist epistemologies, social media use and engagement with communication messages on SRHR in age of

, 149–151

Female body

, 112

Female-only group chats

, 131–139

Female/male WhatsApp groups function

, 132

Femininity

, 38, 89, 128, 130, 139–140

Feminists

, 149–150

framework

, 112

materialism

, 6

media studies

, 7

method

, 151–152

movements

, 149

scholars

, 150–151

thinking

, 118–119

Floridian context, debate on SRHR in

, 148–149

Focus group sessions

, 152–153, 163

Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (1995)

, 146

Games, dating and

, 67–69

GCRF project

, 150–151

Gen Z

, 25

Gender

, 2–3, 37, 52–53, 58, 62, 78, 80

advocacy

, 150–151

app icons, colour and gendered alignments

, 61–64

and biases in Portuguese Google Play Store

, 61–69

binary

, 65–66

chatting ‘as a man’ and ‘as a woman

, 131–132

dating and games

, 67–69

digital culture, homosociality, masculinity and femininity

, 128–130

disparities

, 4

dynamics

, 36

equality

, 146

female-only and male-only group chats

, 131–139

gender binary

, 65–66

gender-based online harassment

, 39

gendered gaze

, 64–65

humour and homosocial complicity

, 132–134

ideology

, 148

across mediated mobile interfaces

, 5–10

methodology

, 130

norms

, 3

performance of identity

, 67

perspective

, 146–147

politics

, 4, 146

representation

, 10

roles

, 2

stereotypes

, 62–64

studies

, 62

watching boys, watching girls

, 134–138

WhatsApp Group as support

, 138–139

Gender across digital platforms

mean levels of agreement on content creation and sharing patterns

, 44

mean levels of agreement on intimate and sexual digital lives

, 47

mean levels of agreement on several burden experiences of hate, harassment and bullying

, 42–43

mean levels of agreement regarding digital interaction and socialisation experiences

, 45–46

methodology

, 39–41

results

, 41–53

sample distribution

, 40

state of art

, 37–39

Gender identities

challenging uses and gratifications

, 76–80

dating apps

, 85–88

identity management

, 83–85

methodology

, 80–81

technology as extension of daily lives

, 81–83

Gendered critical overview of technology

, 76–80

Gendered gaze

, 64–65

Gendered practices

, 13

Gendering couples

, 104

Google

, 153–154

Google App Store

, 66

Google Play

, 96

ecosystem

, 68–69

Scraper

, 59–61

Store algorithm

, 64

Governmentality

, 166

Gratifications theory

, 4

Grindr

, 86–88

Gynaecological medicine

, 120

Health

, 149–150

communication messages, personal narratives, storytelling and improvements in

, 158–162

risk perception

, 115

Hegemonic processes

, 25–26

Heterogeneity

, 95

Heteronormativity

, 2, 67–68, 101

Heteropatriarchal system

, 79

Heterosexuality

, 137–138

Heterosexuals

, 48–49, 58

Homosocial complicity

, 132–134

Homosociality

, 128–130, 138

Humour and homosocial complicity

, 132–134

Identity

management

, 83–85

performance of

, 67

ImageJ

, 59–61

Inclusive process

, 129

Informal language

, 170

Information and communication technologies

, 4

Information on SRHR in private sphere and online

, 155–156

Instagram

, 81–82, 88

Instant messaging

, 82

International Conference on Population and Development (1994) (ICPD)

, 146

Internet

, 4, 58

internet-based technologies

, 21–22

Intersectionality of identity markers

, 39

Intimacy in digital environment

, 36

Learning process

, 139–140

Lesbian/gay respondents

, 50–52

LGBTQ+ identities

, 84–85

‘Liminality’ concept

, 84

Magic bullet theory

, 77

Male-only group chats

, 131–139

Masculinity

, 38, 89, 128, 130, 139–140

Media

, 20–21

consumption

, 6

convergence

, 35–36

literacy

, 121

Menstrual tracking apps under Foucault’s concepts

algorithms and power dynamics

, 112

menstrual tracking app functions and strategies

, 115–117

self-care or self-control

, 118–120

subjectivities and surveillance

, 117–118

Misinformation

, 147, 149

on SRHR

, 147

Mixed-method approach

, 8, 59

Mobile application platforms (m-apps)

, 2, 5–6, 36, 76, 81–82, 112, 128

gender and sexuality across mediated mobile interfaces

, 5–10

mediated interfaces and extension of self

, 3–5

mobile app-based platforms

, 165–167

romantic couples and

, 95–97

Mobile devices

, 20

Mobile platforms

, 114

Mobile technologies

, 2–3, 112, 167

Mobile-based technologies

, 2, 6

Mobile-centric technologies

, 2

Montage method

, 62

MyGender project

, 8, 29, 80–81, 88, 167

MyGender research

, 83

Neoliberal governmentality

, 175

Neoliberalism

, 168

New media ecosystem

, 4–5

NGO advocacy

, 147

Non-neutral technologies

, 96

Normative femininity

, 64

Normative masculinities

, 66

Objectification

, 137

Onde Tem Tiroteio (OTT)

, 114

Online communications

, 151

Online communities

, 10–11

Online identity

, 171–173

Online interaction

, 7

Online intimacy

, 38–39

Online neighbourhood social networks (ONSNs)

, 22–23

Online platforms

, 38

Online racial discrimination

, 39

Online spaces

, 39

Paechter’s approach

, 130

Panoptic metaphor

, 119

Panopticon

, 119

Parenthood status

, 54

Participatory platforms

, 21

Period tracking apps

, 118

Persona curation

, 14

Personal narratives, storytelling and improvements in health communication messages

, 158–162

Personalised recommendations

, 167

Phonemics

, 166

Phonetics

, 166

Physical intimacy in pursuing healthy relationship

, 102–103

Political anatomy

, 117

Political power of technology

, 26–28

Populist right-wing movements

, 148

Portuguese adults

, 37

Portuguese Google Play Store

, 69

arena of gendered app cultures

, 58–59

gender and biases in

, 61–69

methods and data collection

, 59–61

Post-subcultural context

, 25–26

Power

, 120

dynamics

, 114

relations

, 8, 37

Predictive analytics

, 167

Privacy concerns

, 49–50

Privacy issues

, 113–114

Private sector

, 100–101

Private WhatsApp groups

, 139

Productivity

, 171–172

Pseudonyms

, 14

Punishment

, 119

Qualitative data

, 80–81

Qualitative methods

, 14, 169

Quantitative methodological strategy

, 39–40

Quantitative methodology

, 39

Queer masculinities

, 66

‘Queer’ identities

, 64–65, 67–68

Queerness

, 66

invisibility of queerness in everyday life

, 67–69

Rankflow

, 59–61

RawGraphs

, 59–61

(Re) negotiating gender

, 3

Red spectrum, hearts and bodies in

, 101

Relational dialectics theory

, 95

Relationship satisfaction

, 96–97

Relationship spectrum

, 96–97

Reproductive health

, 146–147

campaigns on SRHR and media coverage of reproductive health in United States

, 156–158

rights

, 149

Reproductive rights

, 147, 160

Role-playing games

, 67

Romantic couples

, 95–97

Romantic relationships

, 93–94

Self-care

, 118–120

Self-control

, 118–120

Self-governance of practices

, 168–169

Self-presentation

, 14

Self-representation concept

, 83

Self–expression

, 9, 11–12, 14

Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)

, 13, 146–147

and ‘women’s choice’

, 154–155

campaigns on SRHR and media coverage of reproductive health in United States and Abroad

, 156–158

debate on SRHR in US and Floridian context

, 148–149

in private sphere and online, information/disinformation on

, 155–156

social media use and engagement with communication messages on

, 149–151

SRHR-related information

, 13–14

Sexual diversity

, 80

Sexual identities

, 7

challenging uses and gratifications

, 76–80

dating apps

, 85–88

identity management

, 83–85

methodology

, 80–81

technology as extension of daily lives

, 81–83

Sexual orientation

, 7, 48–52, 54

Sexual wars

, 146

Sexualisation

, 52

Sexuality

, 62

across mediated mobile interfaces

, 5–10

Smartphones

, 94, 165–166

Social interaction

, 5

Social media

, 84

networks

, 147, 174

platforms

, 10, 20–21, 24–25, 28–29, 82, 84, 88

use and engagement with communication messages on SRHR in age of ‘Fake News’

, 149–151

Social networks

, 4, 93–94

Social norms

, 8, 20–21

Social participation

, 129

Social relationships

, 36

Socialisation process

, 10–11, 20

Society

, 10–11, 79

Sterilisation surgery

, 116

Subculture

, 25–26

Subordinated masculinities

, 66

Technological system

, 78

Technological uses

, 3

Technology

, 28, 76

as extension of daily lives

, 81–83

Telegram

, 131

TikTok

, 157–158

Twitter

, 84

UN conferences

, 146

United States

and abroad, campaigns on SRHR and media coverage of reproductive health in

, 156–158

debate on SRHR in

, 148–149

Uses and gratification hypothesis (UeG hypothesis)

, 76–78, 80

Visual digital objects

, 61–62

Visual studies

, 62

Western cultures

, 58

WhatsApp groups

, 13, 82, 128–129, 131–132, 134, 137–139, 147, 158–159, 170

Women

, 133–134, 138

reinforcing societal pressures on

, 59

SRHR and women’s choice

, 154–155

Women’s rights

, 146

Young adulthood/adults

, 5, 29

and app-based platforms practices

, 167–168

digital cultures

, 23–26

digital socialisation

, 20–23

findings

, 171–173

managing e-relationships

, 173–174

methodology

, 169–171

parenthood status

, 53

political power of technology

, 26–28

practices of governing productive self

, 171–173

self-governance of practices

, 168–169

Young people

, 128, 130

YouTube

, 86