%0 Journal Article
%T Researching LGBT+ Youth Intimacies and Social Media: The Strengths and Limitations of Participant
%A Kate Marston
%J Qualitative Inquiry
%@ 1552-7565
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/1077800418806598
%X This paper draws on data from an exploratory study into the social media engagements of LGBT+ young people aged 16 to 20 years old, in the United Kingdom, and considers how participant-led visual methods generated insights into different modalities of digitally mediated intimacy. It outlines the methodological paradigms dominating current research on LGBT+ young people¡¯s digitally mediated practices of intimacy and argues that visual methods have been underemployed to date. The participatory visual methods used in this study, including map-making and digital tours of participant¡¯s digital worlds along with visual elicitation interviews, are documented and explored in relation to Berlant¡¯s work on intimacy and theories of networked affect. It also reflects upon the ethical implications of re-presenting social media images and troubles interpretive imperatives within qualitative research
%K LGBT
%K visual methods
%K affect
%K Tumblr
%K young people
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1077800418806598