International Journal of Communication 14(2020), Book Review 4205–4208 1932–8036/2020BKR0009 Copyright © 2020 (Lik Sam Chan, samchan@cuhk.edu.hk). Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd). Available at http://ijoc.org. Advances in Digital Intimacy Research Jason Vincent A. Cabañes and Cecilia S. Uy-Tioco (Eds.), Mobile Media and Social Intimacies in Asia: Reconfiguring Local Ties and Enacting Global Relationships, Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, 2020, 211 pp., $72.00 (hardcover). Amir Hetsroni and Meriç Tuncez (Eds.), It Happened On Tinder: Reflections and Studies on Internet- Infused Dating, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: The Institute of Network Cultures, 2019, 219 pp., free (digital). Reviewed by Lik Sam Chan The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong From the rise of Facebook to the birth of Tinder, digital and mobile media have fundamentally transformed intimate practices and reconfigured intimacy in the 21st century. In reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic, global citizens have also developed various virtual means to stay connected with their beloved. Two collections of research essays, Mobile Media and Social Intimacies in Asia, edited by Jason Vincent A. Cabañes and Cecilia S. Uy-Tioco, and It Happened on Tinder, edited by Amir Hetsroni and Meriç Tuncez, offer a variety of perspectives for the critical examination of digital intimacy. These two anthologies address various forms of intimate relationships. Contributors of Mobile Media and Social Intimacies in Asia collectively highlight the social and “glocal” nature of intimacy. By social, they mean that intimate relationships are often defined by different ideals of relationships shaped by social and cultural factors. By “glocal,” they mean that these different ideals of relationships result from a constant negotiation between “global modernity and local everyday life” (p. 3). These authors discuss affective relationships such as family relationships and fandom. Essays in It Happened on Tinder, though, examine exclusively online dating practices across various geographical regions. Readers should understand that these two edited volumes are not in-depth investigations into a particular topic in a particular sociocultural setting; instead, the beauty of these two volumes lies in their ability to offer analyses of issues related to digital intimacy across national and cultural boundaries. The editors of Mobile Media and Social Intimacies in Asia divide the work into two sections. In Part I, “Reconfiguring Local Ties,” several research teams examine the use of social media by young gay men in China (chapter 2), Malaysians (chapter 3), wives of gay men in China (known as tongqis, chapter 4), middle-aged Korean women (known as ajummas, chapter 5), and fans of pop music (chapter 6). Coincidentally, most of these communities are stigmatized within their larger society. In China, same-sex relationships do not receive any legal recognition or protection (chapter 2); wives of gay men are often perceived as HIV carriers (chapter 4); ajummas are seen as loud, disorderly, and lacking technology skills (chapter 5); fans’ behavior is treated as immature (chapter 6). Therefore, social media offer these