Digital Media, Friendship and Cultures of Care

ISBN-13: 9780367625412 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 200 str.

Australia) Byron Paul (University of Technology Sydney

Opis

This book explores how digital media can extend care practices among friends and peers, researching young people’s negotiations of sexual health, mental health, gender/sexuality and dating apps, and highlighting the need for a multi-focal approach that centres young people’s expertise.

O autorze

Paul Byron is Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Technology Sydney, based in the School of Communication. As a digital and social media researcher, his current research focuses on LGBTQ+ young people’s digital peer support, and how this can inform Australian mental health policy.