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I’m Emily van der Nagel, a Lecturer in Social Media at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

My research interests include social media, platform studies, and digital intimacies.

My first book, Sex and Social Media, co-authored with Katrin Tiidenberg, is “an academically informed, critical but accessible discussion on sex and sexuality on and with social media”.

My second book, OnlyFans, comes out in November 2026.

I share research updates on Instagram and Bluesky.