Jessica Ringrose

Thanks Parent Zone for hosting a chat about new book Teens, Social Media and Image Based Abuse. we touched upon important topics of ongoing and future concern including youth AI dependencies. & how we can best support & protect young people rather than passing the blame and responsibility…

Should the UK follow Australia’s under-16s social media ban? It could do more harm than good Children may be put off telling adults about something harmful they’re not supposed to have seen.

🖋️"An outright ban on social media platforms for under-16s is problematic. It neglects young people’s rights and voice and penalises them rather than targeting social media platforms.

Professor @jessicaringrose.bsky.social argues Australia’s under-16s social media ban could do more harm than good.

Lunch Hour Lecture: Smartphone Free Childhoods? In this lecture, Professor Jessica Ringrose reports on a research project on teachers, parents and young people's views on smartphone restrictions.

📱 Digital media plays a big role in teens' lives. So how should parents and teachers navigate tech use?

On 9 December, join @jessicaringrose.bsky.social for a Lunch Hour Lecture on smartphone policies, in relation to RSE, digital literacy and safeguarding in schools.

www.ucl.ac.uk/events/event...

Woman's Hour - Teenage boys and AI, Lynsey Addario, Choking porn law - BBC Sounds How and why are teenage boys using AI for therapy and romance?

🔊Professor @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @ioe.bsky.social discusses a survey by Male Allies UK that found over a third of teenage boys said they were considering the idea of an AI friend on BBC Woman's Hour.

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... (from 50 min, 26 sec)

Tinder for teens: Youth digital intimate cultures and tech facilitated violence on Snapchat Snapchat has long been a pivotal space for youth digital intimate and sexual cultures, as well as gendered and sexual risks and harms. Despite being o…

Tinder for teens: Youth digital intimate cultures and tech facilitated violence on #snapchat by
@betsymilne.bsky.social @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @tanyah.bsky.social & Kaitlynn Mendes
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UCL Grand Challenges (@uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social) 🎙️ New Podcast Mini-Series: Inequalities in Focus As part of our Disruptive Voices series, this mini-series invites you to engage in thought-provoking conversations with UCL researchers & interdisciplinary experts who are tackling some of society’s most pressing inequalities. 🎧👇https://bit.ly/42x2Rqv

Today's young people are critical, agentic users of social media says IOE's @jessicaringrose.bsky.social . The conversation "Shared Screens, Split Realities: Rethinking Online Safety Together" @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social discusses navigating online life.
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Thanks to @drjackieullman.bsky.social @ejrenold.bsky.social @bwozolek.bsky.social @cristyndavies.bsky.social @cristownley.bsky.social @jessicaringrose.bsky.social @drmcquillan.bsky.social @cjpascoe.bsky.social @dortemarie.bsky.social @jengilbert.bsky.social and the many others not on this app.

In this new podcast you can listen to me discuss my new research on mobile phone banning in UK schools with UCL psychologist @marctibber.bsky.social

Girls’ voices are needed to tackle misogyny and the manosphere – but they are being ignored Young people are already very familiar with and dealing with the mundane reality of misogyny in their everyday lives.

"Coverage on online misogyny tends to prioritise the opinions, behaviour and experiences of boys"

@chiarafehr.bsky.social and @jessicaringrose.bsky.social reflect on Emmy Award-winning 'Adolescence' and the importance of centring the voices/experiences of girls.
theconversation.com/girls-voices...

Open letter from UK university staff: Request for biometric deferral and safe evacuation of incoming Palestinian students and scholars from Gaza to UK Universities More than 40 students currently trapped in Gaza with full scholarships to UK Universities are asking for a safe route to come and study. We, the academic community hoping to welcome these scholars, ca...

An open letter has been launched today (27/7/25) for members of the UK academic community (academics and other university staff) to sign, to press the UK Home Office to facilitate safe passage out of Gaza for 40+ students with offers for UK universities.

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"Anti-pornography trends have tended to be steeped in conservative values of shame and blame that merely push issues underground rather than help young people develop their digital sexual literacies in ethical ways" says @jessicaringrose.bsky.social

www.newsweek.com/gen-z-men-t...

Text says: What if someone tells me to leave the toilets? There’s a lot of confusion about our rights at the moment. Read our Know Your Rights resource for accurate, up to date info. transactual.org.uk/know-your-rights. Illustration of a person with short hair.

The Supreme Court ruling and the draft EHRC Statutory Code has left trans people in the UK feeling scared and confused.

To help you navigate this nightmare, we've created a Know Your Rights resource. Find it at transactual.org.uk/know-your-rights

#Trans #Transgender #Nonbinary #Queer #TransAlly

The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.

How can schools be more inclusive of LGBTQ+ students?

‪@jessicaringrose.bsky.social recommends schools:
- Provide relationships and sex education that addresses LGBTQ+ identities
- Challenge gender stereotypes and transphobic bullying
- Uphold confidentiality

theconversation.com/the-supr...

A cartoon about the Skinny Tok to alt-right pipeline for young women and teenage girls 🧵

The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.

"High-quality relationships and sex education lessons that cover issues of LGBTQ+ sexual health and rights will enable schools to be inclusive environments that prioritise the safety, respect and dignity of all pupils," says @jessicaringrose.bsky.social
theconversation.com/the-supr...

Represented @citystgeorges.bsky.social at the impactful
Care or Control? Regulating Technology Behaviour & Gender at School
@ucl.ac.uk @ioe.bsky.social led by @jessicaringrose.bsky.social
Key research practice policy leaders in attendance. Here's the thought-provoking day!
#CityStGeorges #CityStGSCC

📅 Di.G.I.T Conference Programme!
25–26 September 2025 | 📍University of Padova

Keynotes
✨Jessica Ringrose on Post-Digital Intimacy as a Theoretical Framework
✨Paul Byron on Mental Health, Care & Friendship on TikTok

💻 Full programme & info: digitalintimacies.eu/en/programme/

Please join us for an agenda setting hybrid event @ucl.ac.uk May 23 organised by @jessicaringrose.bsky.social

Care or Control? Regulating Technology, Behaviour & Gender at School

I'll be representing @citystgeorges.bsky.social & joining an incredible lineup of academic & charitable organisation 1/

Friday! In person or online. Registration details here

#SOCED

The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.

The Supreme Court decision that the words "man" & "woman" in the Equality Act refer to biological sex has serious implications for schools & uncertainty for the trans pupils they are trying to support.

Read more from @jessicaringrose.bsky.social for @theconversation.com: tinyurl.com/2rwa8e3p

The Supreme Court’s ruling on gender raises serious questions for schools New guidance states schools must not permit trans pupils to use the bathroom of their identified gender, but they still have a duty to safeguard them.

theconversation.com/the-supreme-...
Just out in the conversation. Protect trans and gender diverse youth in school!

My name is even in there somewhere! 😊

Spotlight on @jessicaringrose.bsky.social: a leading voice in youth digital activism and feminist research.
Her research is essential for anyone working in education or activism!
Don’t miss her keynote at #DIGIT2025.

#YouthActivism #EducationForChange #DigitalFeminism #GenderResearch #MediaStudies

Girls’ voices are needed to tackle misogyny and the manosphere – but they are being ignored Young people are already very familiar with and dealing with the mundane reality of misogyny in their everyday lives.

theconversation.com/girls-voices...
Our article unpacks the deeply unethical idea to screen #Adolescence in schools. Did anyone think about asking what that might be like for girls?

Get a better understanding of the politics of journal publication – book now for ‘Demystifying the Politics of Interdisciplinary Journal Publication’, a free BSA Postgraduate Forum event, 15 May, University of Edinburgh tinyurl.com/554t7f6n #sociology

Get a better understanding of the politics of journal publication – book now for ‘Demystifying the Politics of Interdisciplinary Journal Publication’, a free BSA Postgraduate Forum event, 15 May, University of Edinburgh tinyurl.com/554t7f6n #sociology

The GEA conference is this month. We will have a panel on the new bullying book. If you’re going, we’re on Th! @genderanded.bsky.social @drjackieullman.bsky.social @ejrenold.bsky.social @jessicaringrose.bsky.social

Really excited to sign off on the front & back cover of forthcoming book today! 💜🍌💛 what a journey it’s been. Huge thanks to esteemed colleagues for endorsements!

Looking forward to this. First outing of some new research with @jessicaringrose.bsky.social on smartphones, bans and sociodigital futures

Woohoo! So excited about this incredible conference in Padua Italy September 25-26. There is likely still time to submit an abstract! digitalintimacies.eu/conference/