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Ask the Experts—WebinarAnxiety: Youth Mental Health and Digital Media
The first in a set of webinars investigating two of the most common mental health struggles of youth today: anxiety and depression.
Mental HealthSocial MediaSpeakersSandra Whitehouse, PhD
Senior Director, Senior Psychologist, Anxiety Disorders Center, Child Mind Institute
Erin Berman, PhD
Clinical Psychologist, National Institute of Mental Health
Sandra Fritsch, MD
Medical Director, Pediatric Mental Health Institute, Children’s Hospital Colorado; Medical Director, CoPPCAP (Colorado Pediatric Psychiatry & Consultation Program); Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Colorado School of Medicine
Sarah Myruski, PhD
Assistant Research Professor in Psychology, Associate Lab Director, Emotion Development Lab, Pennsylvania State University
Henry Willis, PhD
Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology Program, University of Maryland, College Park
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Congresses2023 Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress
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Ask the Experts—WebinarThe Social Brain on Screens
What are the functions of the social brain in childhood and what strategies can encourage healthy social development in youth?
Media LiteracySocial MediaSocial RelationshipsSpeakersMoriah Thomason, PhD
Barakett Associate Professor and Director of Pediatric Neuroimaging; Vice Chair for Research
Departments of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Population Health, New York University School of Medicine; Investigator, NYU Langone Neuroscience Institute
Eva Telzer, PhD
Co-Director; Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Winston National Center on Technology Use, Brain, and Psychological Development; UNC Chapel Hill
Shimi Kang, MD, FRCPC
Psychiatrist; Best-selling author of The Tech Solution; Clinical Associate Professor
The University of British Columbia
Georgene Troseth, PhD
Professor of Psychology
Peabody College, Vanderbilt University
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Ask the Experts—WebinarTaken to Extremes: Online Radicalism, Polarization, and Youth
How do extremists target youth? How does digital media impact polarization, and what steps can we take to limit the features of digital media that contribute to extremism in youth?
Social MediaMedia LiteracyVideo GamingSpeakersBrian Hughes, PhD
Associate Director
PERIL
Paul Barrett, JD
Deputy Director and Senior Research Scholar
NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights
Jennie King
Head of Climate Research and Policy; Head of Civic Action and Education
Institute for Strategic Dialogue
Alex Newhouse
Senior Research Fellow, Emerging Technologies
Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey
Katie Paul
Director
Tech Transparency Project
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Ask the Experts—WebinarCaptive Market: Protecting Children in the New World of Online Advertising
How does hidden online advertising impact children's attitudes and behaviors? How and why is youth data collected, and what can or should be done to safeguard children online?
Social MediaAdvertising and MarketingEthical DesignMedia LiteracySpeakersBonnie Patten, Esq.
Executive Director
truthinadvertising.org
Susan Linn, EdD
Lecturer in Psychiatry; Research Associate
Harvard Medical School; Boston Children's Hospital
Michelle Rosenthal, Esq.
Senior Staff Attorney
Division of Advertising Practices, FTC
Omni Cassidy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Population Health
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
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Ask the Experts—WebinarSocial Media and Drugs: What Parents Need to Know
A glimpse into the world of teens and drugs on social media, and practical information to increase awareness and ability to safeguard adolescents and teens
Social MediaPhysical HealthPrivacySpeakersColleen Kraft, MD, MBA, FAAP
Professor of Pediatrics
Keck School of Medicine, The University of Southern California
Tim Mackey, MAS, PhD
Professor of Global Health; Director; CEO and co-founder
UC San Diego; Global Health Policy and Data Institute; S-3 Research
Robert F. Lawlor Jr, MS-ADPP, MS, BSCJ
Drug Intelligence Officer
New England HIDTA
Samuel Chapman
Director
Parents for Safer Children
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Ask the Experts—WebinarThe Rise of “Dr. Google:” Youth and Online Health Information
As youth increasingly access health information online, what kinds of information are they encountering online and how accurate is it?
Social MediaMedia LiteracyMental HealthPhysical HealthSpeakersJennifer Manganello, PhD, MPH
Professor of Health Policy, Management and Behavior
University at Albany, SUNY
Robin Stevens, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Communication
USC Annenberg
Emily Vraga, PhD
Associate Professor; Don & Carole Larson Professorship in Health Communication
Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication; University of Minnesota
Jessica Willoughby, PhD
Associate Professor of Strategic Communication
Washington State University
Paul Weigle, MD
Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist; Associate Medical Director of Ambulatory Services; Chair of the Media Committee
Natchaug Hospital; American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Ask the Experts—WebinarPITR, IKR?: Youth and Communication in the Digital Age
The latest research (and perspectives from teens themselves) on trends in youth digital communication and tips for creating positive and connection-centered communication online or offline.
Social MediaMedia LiteracyPrivacySocial RelationshipsSpeakersAnn Cameron, PhD
Honorary Emerita Professor of Psychology; Emerita Professor
University of British Columbia; University of New Brunswick, Canada
Sherry Turkle, PhD
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology; Founding Director, MIT Initiative on Technology and Self
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sebastian Wachs, PhD
Deputy Professor for Education and Socialization Theory; Honorary Research Fellow
University of Potsdam; Anti-Bullying Centre
Richard Guerry
Founder and Executive Director
Institute for Responsible Online and Cell-Phone Communication (IROC2)
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Ask the Experts—WebinarBringing Up Boys in a Digital World
How does the prevalence of pornography, video games, and violent media content affect boys’ mental health and behaviors, and how can parents and educators help male youth engage more thoughtfully with the media influences in their lives?
GenderDigital AddictionMental HealthSocial MediaSpeakersAndrew Reiner, MFA, MS
Professor,
Towson University
Desmond Upton Patton, PhD
Brian and Randi Schwartz University Professor; Director
SAFELab, University of Pennsylvania
Jason Nagata, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine University of California, San Francisco
Ed Spector, PsyD
Licensed Psychologist
Soraya Giaccardi
Senior Researcher
Norman Lear Center University of Southern California