Improving Digital Sexual Literacy

2025

The project aims to theorise digital sexual literacy in Australia and identify useful interventions aimed at increasing this literacy. The project involves mapping the ecosystem of digital Sexually Explicit Material (SEM) in Australia, identifying the ways in which Australians both consume sexual images and represent themselves as sexual beings in digital contexts.

This data will be used to theorise digital sexual literacy, including both the "reading" and "writing" of sexual representations, and to inform the formulation of useful interventions to support increases in digital sexual literacy in Australia. This project will provide valuable data to stakeholders including policymakers, public servants, sex educators, health promotion practitioners and researchers about the ways in which Australians are consuming and producing sexual representations in a digital context.

Partners and funding

Improving Digital Sexual Literacy in Australia (DigiSex) is a joint ARC Discovery Project between researchers at ARCSHS and The University of Sydney.