TY - GEN

T1 - Risks of online sexual scripts

AU - Pankratova, Liliia

PY - 2020

Y1 - 2020

N2 - The article examines the problem of risks of online romantic relations in contemporary society. The active growth of quantity and segmentation of online dating resources (websites and apps), implementation of new smart technologies (robotics and artificial intelligence systems) lead to new threats in both online and offline spaces that need to be highlighted, described, analyzed and conceptualized. The paper presents the sociological approach in the framework of social and sexual scripts theory to interpret the social and cultural aspects of online romantic and erotic behavior of users and its related risk. Risks and ethical problems of aggregating and using personal data of clients, limiting the autonomy of user decisions, and the bias of artificial intelligence requires discussion to search for adequate solutions both from socio-political institutions, the professional community, and the individual.

AB - The article examines the problem of risks of online romantic relations in contemporary society. The active growth of quantity and segmentation of online dating resources (websites and apps), implementation of new smart technologies (robotics and artificial intelligence systems) lead to new threats in both online and offline spaces that need to be highlighted, described, analyzed and conceptualized. The paper presents the sociological approach in the framework of social and sexual scripts theory to interpret the social and cultural aspects of online romantic and erotic behavior of users and its related risk. Risks and ethical problems of aggregating and using personal data of clients, limiting the autonomy of user decisions, and the bias of artificial intelligence requires discussion to search for adequate solutions both from socio-political institutions, the professional community, and the individual.

KW - Sexual Script

KW - Online Dating

KW - Risks

KW - Online Sexuality

KW - Internet

UR - http://dpi-proceedings.com/index.php/dtssehs/issue/view/396/showToc

M3 - Conference contribution

SN - 978-1-60595-663-3

SP - 165

EP - 170

BT - 2nd International Conference on Pedagogy, Communication and Sociology (ICPCS 2020), January 6-7, 2020, Bangkok, Thailand.

PB - DEStech Publications Inc

T2 - 2nd International Conference on Pedagogy, Communication and Sociology

Y2 - 6 January 2020 through 7 January 2020

ER -