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Tips for Teens: Safely Navigating the Complexities of the Online World
Alexandra, a 2024 Summer Teen Advisor at the Digital Wellness Lab, offers insights and advice to help her fellow teens stay safe online.
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Q3 2024 Roundup
Q3 found us busy publishing reports, welcoming new team members, and sharing our research insights at events around the world, and close to home.
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Young People’s Sense of Belonging Online
This research brief explores online community spaces on social media and gaming platforms, describing how online connections can be both positive and negative for young people.
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A Youth Perspective on Navigating the Digital World
Pritika shares her thoughts on the complex online landscape, and makes the case that young people need a voice in the discourse, policy and decision-making surrounding the digital world.
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New Insights from the Pulse Survey on Adolescent Social Gaming
In this white paper, commissioned by the Ruderman Family Foundation, we provide fresh insights into the connections between gaming habits and loneliness.
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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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Online Gen-Z Slang: Should Parents Study Up?
Geo, a member of the Lab’s 2023-24 Student Advisory Council, offers insights on the evolving dynamics of slang and how teens feel when adults attempt to use it.
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What the Science Says: Smartphones in Schools
What the research tells us about smartphone use in schools, plus some thoughts for administrators as they work to determine what’s right for their schools and districts.
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Fellow Travelers: Michelle Ciulla Lipkin
Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, Executive Director at NAMLE, shares why making media literacy education highly valued and widely practiced as an essential life skill is personal.