SOCIODIGITAL ENVIRONMENTS IN TINDER AND ITS IMPACT ON MENTAL HEALTH (Atena Editora)

Abstract

This project is created under the premise that there is an affectation of mental health with the use of sociodigital applications for the construction of affective bonds. This way, the research question that guides the work is: How are identities built in sociodigital environments for the creation of affective bonds that are interfering with the mental health of Tinder users? The objective is to identify the type of digital identity elaborated in the profiles and the elements of this that affect the mental health of the users. Up to now, a mixed methodology has been used. Specifically, for the analysis of digital identities, content analysis of the photographs of the application's user profiles and an online survey of Tinder users have been used. And, for the qualitative part, an in-depth interview was used with Tinder users who have created affective bonds from it. The results allow us to point out that communication has exceeded the limits of visualization and physical contact of face-to-face encounters and implemented a new scenario for affective bonds and for the creation of an emerging process that defines and transforms the forms of social interaction. with mental health effects. This paper specifically presents the results of the construction of digital identities in the social network in the post-pandemic period.