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2025 Impact Report
Young people are the experts about their own digital lives. Our 2025 research reinforces this idea again and again. Teens approach technology with more intention, nuance, and self-awareness than they…
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Amplifying Youth Voices: Young People Are the Experts on Their Own Digital Lives
Young people are the experts about their own digital lives. That insight defines this year’s Impact Report.
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Five Years of Following the Science
The Lab reflects on five years of independent research, youth partnership, industry collaboration, and what it means for the future of digital wellness.
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Managing Current Events Anxiety in a Digital Age
Bansi, an alumna of the Digital Wellness Lab’s 2023-2024 Student Advisory Council, gets in-depth about strategies for coping with the world and overwhelming news.
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Fellow Travelers: Dr. Aparna Samuel Balasundaram
Dr. Aparna Samuel Balasundaram, Global Head of Wellbeing and Resilience at AI & Immersive Operations, BPS, Wipro, shares a behind-the-scenes look at how Trust and Safety teams work to protect…
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Research Brief: Young People’s Use of Avatars and Virtual Character Customization
This research brief reviews how young people access certain types of content frequently cited as concerning by regulators and platforms (e.g. violence, sexual content), and how young people respond to…
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Key Insights from Our Pulse Survey: What We Learned About How Teens Experience Belonging
Our new research reveals how today’s adolescents find support, friendship, and community, and why the “online vs. offline” debate misses the point.
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Pulse Survey: Where Teens Find Belonging: Connection and Support in Online and Offline Spaces
Our survey of 1,598 U.S. adolescents reveals that online and offline belonging are deeply interconnected, and that digital spaces extend rather than replace in-person connection.
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A Future Worth Spreading
Jeremy, a mentor for the Digital Wellness Lab’s 2025-2026 Student Advisory Council, uses a hot metaphor to explain the importance of media literacy and education when kids get new tech.