Digital Eroticism and Cultural Production: A Critical Examination of TamildirtyStories.com
[Your Name], Department of Media & Cultural Studies, [University] tamildirtystories.com
| Method | Description | |--------|-------------| | | 300 publicly available stories (≈ 10 % of the site’s archive) were scraped using a custom Python script, respecting the site’s robots.txt and terms of service. | | Thematic Coding | A coding schema (based on McKee, 2012) captured dominant motifs (e.g., power dynamics, taboo relationships, fantasy settings). Two coders achieved an inter‑rater reliability of κ = 0.82. | | User Discourse | 5000 comments were extracted for discourse analysis, focusing on expressions of desire, consent, and cultural reference. | | Interviews | 15 semi‑structured interviews (9 writers, 6 readers) conducted via encrypted video calls, transcribed, and anonymised. | | | User Discourse | 5000 comments were
| RQ | Question | |----|----------| | RQ1 | What narrative themes and tropes dominate the story corpus on TamildirtyStories.com? | | RQ2 | How do contributors and readers negotiate cultural norms surrounding sexuality and language? | | RQ3 | What moderation policies are employed, and how do they align with Indian and international legal frameworks? | | RQ4 | In what ways does the platform influence or reflect broader trends in Tamil digital culture? | | | RQ2 | How do contributors and
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