Paul Byron
Lecturer
Department of Sociology
Macquarie University
Australia
Biography
Paul Byron teaches in gender studies, the sociology of intimacy and friendship, and media and digital cultures. He’s currently researching informal knowledge networks among gender and sexuality diverse young people (particularly the use of Tumblr), digital friendship intimacies, health promotion’s engagement with digital media cultures, and everyday negotiations of dating/hook-up apps. He has mostly published on the role of friendship intimacies in young people’s negotiations of sexual health.
Research Interest
Sociology
Publications
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‘That happened to me too’: young people’s informal knowledge of diverse genders and sexualities Byron, P. & Hunt, J. 4 May 2017 In : Sex Education. 17, 3, p. 319-332 14 p.
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The intimacies of young people’s sexual health and pleasure Byron, P. 16 Mar 2017 In : Journal of Youth Studies. 20, 3, p. 332-348 17 p.
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Friendship, sexual intimacy and young people’s negotiations of sexual health Byron, P. 3 Apr 2017 In : Culture, Health and Sexuality. 19, 4, p. 486-500 15 p.
