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Ask the Experts—WebinarDriven to Distraction: Media Use, Attention and Cognition
How do hours spent daily on digital media affect children’s attention spans, multitasking skills, and cognitive functions? How are digital platforms affecting how youth interact with the real world?
Brain and CognitionAdvertising and MarketingDigital AddictionSocial MediaSpeakersNicholas Carr
Author, Journalist
Susanne Baumgartner, PhD
Associate Professor, Amsterdam School of Communication Research
Taína Coleman, MA, MEd
Educational Specialist, Learning and Development Center, Child Mind Institute
Tzipi Horowitz-Kraus, PhD
Associate Professor, Educational Neuroimaging Group, Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Tracy Markle, MA, LPC
Founder & Director, Digital Media Treatment & Education Center, Collegiate Coaching Services
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Ask the Experts—WebinarCopycat: Social Contagion, Online Viral Behavior, and Youth
What should parents and caregivers know about vulnerability to social contagion—and how is it being supercharged by the large volume of digital content and social media algorithms?
Social MediaMedia LiteracyMental HealthParentingPhysical HealthSpeakersVicki Harrison, MSW
Program Director, Center for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine
Andrea Giedinghagen, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine
Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, PhD, MMSc
Professor of Public Health, Head of the Public Mental Health Research Unit, Deputy Head of the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Medical University of Vienna
Pamela Wisniewski, PhD
Associate Professor of Computer Science, Flowers Family Fellow in Engineering, University of Vanderbilt
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Ask the Experts—WebinarAlgorithms 101: Youth and AI-Driven Tech
What can families do about the growing influence of algorithmically-delivered content on youth’s development, preferences, and minds?
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Emerging TechnologyEthical DesignSocial MediaSpeakersImran Ahmed
Founder and CEO, Center for Countering Digital Hate
Ranjana Das, PhD
Professor in Media and Communication, University of Surrey
Amy Ogan, PhD
Associate Professor of Learning Science, Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Elvira Perez Vallejos, PhD
Professor Mental Health and Digital Technologies The University of Nottingham
Motahhare Eslami, PhD
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction Institute & Software and Societal Systems Department, Carnegie Mellon University
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Ask the Experts—WebinarYouth Self-Esteem and Identity: The Media(ted) Self
What are the risks and opportunities for forming a positive and healthy sense of self in a hyper-connected age?
Mental HealthBody ImageSocial MediaSpeakersLinda Charmaraman, PhD
Senior Research Scientist; Director
Elizabeth Daniels, PhD
Professor and Director
Lauren McInroy, PhD
Associate Professor of Social Work
Chia-chen Yang, PhD
Associate Professor of Educational Psychology
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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
Erin Berman, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Sandra Fritsch, MD
Medical Director
Sarah Myruski, PhD
Assistant Research Professor in Psychology; Associate Lab Director
Henry Willis, PhD
Assistant Professor
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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
Eva Telzer, PhD
Co-Director; Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience
Shimi Kang, MD, FRCPC
Psychiatrist; Best-selling author of The Tech Solution; Clinical Associate Professor
Georgene Troseth, PhD
Professor of Psychology
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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 LiteracySpeakersBrian Hughes, PhD
Associate Director
Paul Barrett, JD
Deputy Director and Senior Research Scholar
Jennie King
Head of Climate Research and Policy; Head of Civic Action and Education
Alex Newhouse
Senior Research Fellow, Emerging Technologies
Katie Paul
Director
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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
Susan Linn, EdD
Lecturer in Psychiatry; Research Associate
Michelle Rosenthal, Esq.
Senior Staff Attorney
Omni Cassidy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Population Health