Care or control? Regulating technology, behaviour and gender at school
Join this panel discussion to discuss the global uptake of mobile phone bans in schools to support and promote young people’s rights and prevent sexual violences.
Care or control? Regulating technology, behaviour and gender at school
The global uptake of mobile phone banning in schools is based on assumptions that social media is dangerous and smart phone use is addictive, distractive, unhealthy, and lessening educational outcomes.
The research on mobile phone banning is however inclusive, showing that while some regulation is helpful complete bans may be counterproductive and lessen educational outcomes.
Research shows that abstinence approaches do not work in relation to mitigating other health issues such as underage sex or drug and alcohol use in England, but what such bans do is deter young people from help seeking when something goes wrong. The associated attitudes from parents and teachers that using smartphones and accessing social media is only harmful and addictive tends to erode children’s rights.
As a result, young people may have fewer avenues to seek support when they experience online risk and harm.
This event will address these pressing current challenges by exploring the motivations and anxieties behind banning and ask questions about how to best support young people in their tech use with a focus on prevention of sexual violence whilst promoting children and young people's rights.
This event will be particularly useful for researchers, policymakers and teachers.
Schedule
Panel 1: Tech banning in schools – what's the goal?
- Andy Phippen, Bournemouth
- Rebecca Coleman, Bristol and Jessica Ringrose UCL
- Sonia Livingstone and Kim R Sylwander, LSE
- Dawn Aytoun, Life Lessons
Panel 2: Algorithms, AI and tech-facilitated violence
- Tanya Horeck, ARU and Jessica Ringrose, UCL
- Devina Sarwatay, City University
- Leila Green and Giselle Woodley, Edith Cowan University, Australia
- Chiara Fehr, UCL
- Soma Sara/Ellie Softley, Everyone's Invited
Panel 3: Masculinity and educational interventions
- Amanda Keddie, Deakin University Australia
- Craig Haslop, Liverpool University
- Emily Setty, University of Surrey
- Betsy Milne, UCL
- Ben Hurst, Beyond Equality
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Cost
Free
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All
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