No coronavirus can leave us without sex’
Relations of complicity and solidarity on Pornhub
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13086204 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Joan Ramon Rodriguez-Amat (0000-0001-8391-3638, Sheffield Hallam University, corresponding author), Yulia Belinskaya (0000-0002-9666-392X, University of Vienna) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 233-251 |
| Publication date | 2022-11-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Porn Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2326-8743 • E-ISSN: 2326-8751 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23268743.2022.2085161 |
| OpenAlex | W4308628166 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 27 |
As this study reports, in times of global health crisis interactions between users on social media platforms such as Pornhub seem to form solidarity links that grow into global digital communities. This article applies quantitative, qualitative, and network analysis to the comments of a sample of 166 videos identified as belonging to the 'COVID-19 porn genre'. The analysis leads to the quest for a community of practice that builds and negotiates shared meanings and values, and demonstrates forms of complicity and purpose, and forms of recognized hierarchical structure. The study builds under the shadow of a platformization dynamics that drives the whole environment of Pornhub penetrating the social relations between users. The article contributes to a discussion on online communities and, specifically, the possibility of the rise of a global community based on solidarity on porn sites
Complicity · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Shadow (psychology · Social media · Sociology · Solidarity · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
The Platform Society
The sharing economy and digital platforms
Platformisation
Fast unfolding of communities in large networks
Platformisation in game development
Pornography use in the setting of the Covid-19 pandemic
Structures of the Public Sphere
Sex, power and platform governance
Pornhub searches during the Covid-19 pandemic
New standards of respectability in contemporary pornography
Competing platform imaginaries of NSFW content creation on OnlyFans
Desire by design
Political Communication in Media Society
Toward a Sociology of the Network Society
YouTube
The New Public Sphere
Sacrifice for the Cause
Machine Habitus
From Everyday Information Behaviours to Clickable Solidarity
Changes in Digital Communication During the Covid-19 Global Pandemic
| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |