Investigating how boys and young men experience their digital lives (2025-2027)
Abstract
Recently, there have been significant concerns regarding what boys and young men are exposed to online and how it may influence their social and emotional development. The rise of the digital has led to new concerns regarding cyberbullying, body image dysmorphia, self-harm, depression, extremism, social anxiety and suicide. There is a need to learn more about what boys and young men are consuming online and how they interpret it. The proposed research aims to discover new knowledge regarding masculinities/boyhood in an era of technology-mediated societal transformations with a diverse cohort of boys and young men. This proposed research is both timely and of national benefit as it will enhance how we safeguard boys and young men.
