Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
I research social media identities, platforms, and cultures, with a focus on anonymity and pseudonymity.
I’ve published work on secondary or alternative social media accounts, ways people negotiate unknowable algorithms, embodied verification on NSFW Reddit, and the shift from usernames to profiles in social media. My most-cited article, co-authored with Jordan Frith, argues that we would lose dynamic, engaging social media practices in a move to the “real name web”.
My book, Sex and Social Media, co-authored with Katrin Tiidenberg, takes a feminist, sex-positive approach to how social media platforms shape and restrict sex, and how sexual identities, practices, and communities must all negotiate platforms to survive and thrive.
I tweet at @emvdn.
Education/Academic qualification
Media and Communications, PhD, Social Media Pseudonymity: Affordances, Practices, Disruptions, Swinburne University of Technology
Research area keywords
- social media
- anonymity
- platform studies
- pseudonymity
- online identites
- algorithms
- digital cultures
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Review of literature review: Queensland Government anti-cyberbullying reforms
van der Nagel, E. & Reesby, S.
Department of the Premier and Cabinet (Queensland)
23/09/20 → 25/09/20
Project: Research
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Sex and Social Media
Tiidenberg, K. & van der Nagel, E., 2020, 1st ed. Bingley UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 199 p. (Society Now)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
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Black summer on TikTok and ABC news: shaping cultural identity during an Australian bushfire crisis
van der Nagel, E., Hutchinson, J., Abidin, C. & Kaye, B., 2023, In: Convergence. 29, 4, p. 962-979 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus) -
Manifesto for Sex-Positive Social Media
Stardust, Z., van der Nagel, E., Tiidenberg, K., Lee, J., Coombes, E. & Miller-Young, M., 31 Aug 2022, Australia: ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society. 20 p.Research output: Book/Report › Other Report › Other
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Competing platform imaginaries of NSFW content creation on OnlyFans
van der Nagel, E., 4 Oct 2021, In: Porn Studies. 8, 4, p. 394-410 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
25 Citations (Scopus) -
Embodied Verification: Linking Identities and Bodies on NSFW Reddit
van der Nagel, E., 14 May 2020, Mediated Interfaces: The Body on Social Media. Warfield, K., Abidin, C. & Cambre, C. (eds.). 1st ed. New York NY USA: Bloomsbury Academic, p. 51-64 14 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (Book) › Research › peer-review
Press/Media
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Could OnlyFans be a refuge for nude art?
28/10/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
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Online abuse: banning anonymous social media accounts is not the answer
21/10/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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OnlyFans has a split identity – it needs to declare its support for adult content creators
19/10/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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If OnlyFans falls, so does porn as we know it
25/08/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment