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Published in: AIDS and Behavior 1/2011

01-04-2011 | Original Paper

The Future of Internet-Based HIV Prevention: A Report on Key Findings from the Men’s INTernet (MINTS-I, II) Sex Studies

Authors: B. R. Simon Rosser, J. Michael Wilkerson, Derek J. Smolenski, J. Michael Oakes, Joseph Konstan, Keith J. Horvath, Gunna R. Kilian, David S. Novak, Gene P. Danilenko, Richard Morgan

Published in: AIDS and Behavior | Special Issue 1/2011

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“Until recently sexuality and technology have been seen in the social sciences as two distinct and unrelated realms. This has meant that the ways in which technology has produced or configured sexuality, how technology has become sexualized and how sexuality has in turn configured technology in society and history have, to date, largely remained unexplored”—López and Cleminson, Techno-Sexual Landscapes [1, p. 11].
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Metadata
Title
The Future of Internet-Based HIV Prevention: A Report on Key Findings from the Men’s INTernet (MINTS-I, II) Sex Studies
Authors
B. R. Simon Rosser
J. Michael Wilkerson
Derek J. Smolenski
J. Michael Oakes
Joseph Konstan
Keith J. Horvath
Gunna R. Kilian
David S. Novak
Gene P. Danilenko
Richard Morgan
Publication date
01-04-2011
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
AIDS and Behavior / Issue Special Issue 1/2011
Print ISSN: 1090-7165
Electronic ISSN: 1573-3254
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-011-9910-5

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