Chapter 10: Mediated Intimacies: Digital Literacy to Promote Well-Being and to Prevent Violent Online Communication Practices Such as Catfish, Phubbing, Ghosting and Their Variations

Social and material life transposition to online has changed relationships' desires, practices and expectations using new communication patterns. The pedagogical potential of apps and social media is a fundamental point for a critical view of mediated intimacies. The digital environment enhances actions of communicational violence. The concepts of catfish, phubbing, ghosting and their variations should be taught and disseminated to users of social media and apps to prevent such violence. Digital literacy should be a tool for teaching technical usage skills and maintaining the socio-emotional well-being of users. We hope the definitions and discussions started in this chapter will provoke reflection and inspire new practices in digital literacy aimed at social and affective well-being.