Reports & White Papers
We create impact by sharing research-backed insights with the technology, media, and healthcare industries. Here you’ll find reports and white papers that include research findings, recommendations from expert convenings, and more — all intended to help create a healthier, safer digital ecosystem for youth.
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Recommendations for Industry: Teens and AI
Recommendations for the tech industry based on findings from our Pulse Survey: Optimism and Uncertainty – How Teens View and Use Artificial Intelligence
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Connected Play: Adolescent Gaming and Perceived Loneliness
This white paper, commissioned by the Ruderman Family Foundation, explores the relationship between adolescents’ perceived loneliness and their social engagement during online gaming, highlighting variations by age and gender.
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Recommendations for Industry: Digital Gaming & Social Interactions
Our recommendations for game developers and platforms emphasize the importance of fostering positive, enjoyable, and fulfilling interactions within gaming environments.
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Designing a Roadmap for a Healthier Digital Ecosystem
In this report, the result of a convening of over 60 experts, we dive into what is needed to ensure young people can build and maintain digital wellbeing.
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Recommendations for Industry: Use of Voice Assistants and Generative AI by Children And Families
In this report, we share tech industry recommendations for the design and development of AI-powered Voice Assistants and Generative AI.
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Recommendations for Industry: Creating a Safer Social Media Ecosystem
In these recommendations for industry, we provide steps platform designers can take to help youth better manage their social media use, irrespective of the application. We hope these suggestions serve…
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Creating a Positive Foundation for Greater Civility in Online Spaces
In early 2023, the Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital and leaders from Roblox got together to ask what would need to happen in technology innovation, policy, and education…