The Impact of Mobile Devices on Indonesian Men’s Sexual Communication

Dédé Oetomo, Tom Boellstorff, Kandi Aryani Suwito, Khanis Suvianita

2018

Abstract

This paper aims to explore the impact of mobile devices on Indonesian men’s sexual communication. Gay men need to express their homosexual feelings despite resistance from society. The paper is based on qualitative and quantitative research used to describe and assess the current use of social media in Indonesia, paying specific attention to how it is transforming sexual negotiations among gay men and other MSM. Its objective is to gain an understanding of how online social interactions are transforming gay and MSM Indonesians’ experience of sexuality, identity and community. The findings demonstrate how the participants are very committed to social media as shown by the degree of openness in declaring their sexual orientation. Specifically, this research discovered that social media is used mostly by youths to find partners and to connect to other gay men as a means to construct a sense of community and belonging. Interestingly, one of the results also revealed the favourable reception of gay men toward women when it comes to sexual relations.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Oetomo D., Boellstorff T., Suwito K. and Suvianita K. (2018). The Impact of Mobile Devices on Indonesian Men’s Sexual Communication.In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA, ISBN 978-989-758-393-3, pages 167-172. DOI: 10.5220/0008818501670172

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icocspa18,
author={Dédé Oetomo and Tom Boellstorff and Kandi Aryani Suwito and Khanis Suvianita},
title={The Impact of Mobile Devices on Indonesian Men’s Sexual Communication},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA,},
year={2018},
pages={167-172},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008818501670172},
isbn={978-989-758-393-3},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Contemporary Social and Political Affairs - Volume 1: ICoCSPA,
TI - The Impact of Mobile Devices on Indonesian Men’s Sexual Communication
SN - 978-989-758-393-3
AU - Oetomo D.
AU - Boellstorff T.
AU - Suwito K.
AU - Suvianita K.
PY - 2018
SP - 167
EP - 172
DO - 10.5220/0008818501670172