In partnership with Vicky Rideout and I, Common Sense Media created fact sheets about multiple groups included in our national study (Latinx, Black, female, LGBTQ+ youth, to name a few) and I thought I’d share each slice of data in a series of posts. The complete survey findings, methodology, quotes from participants, fact sheets, and questionnaire […]
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Depression, social media use, and digital health
In partnership with Vicky Rideout and I, Common Sense Media created fact sheets based on our national study and I thought I’d share slices of data in a series of posts. The complete survey findings, methodology, quotes from participants, fact sheets, and questionnaire are available here. Here’s the 10-second summary for this featured group, young people […]
Coping with COVID-19
I am thrilled to share that my research partners and I will release a new survey report on March 17: Coping with COVID-19: How Young People Use Digital Media to Manage Their Mental Health. In 2018, Vicky Rideout and I collected data and stories from a nationally-representative sample of 14- to 22-year-olds, many of whom […]
From stunt to solution
I’m so nostalgic for breathing in other people’s ideas and aerosols that I’m re-reading notes from past meetings. Today’s inspiration: a March 2018 meeting convened by Eleonore Pauwels and Todd Kuiken to discuss barriers to citizen-driven biomedical research. My notes: Community biolabs, incubators, and accelerators are like ramps and bridges for citizens to gain access […]
Standing ovation… then crickets
About a decade ago I saw someone give the exact same speech in two different venues, with dramatically different results. The first time was in a packed Lincoln Center concert hall in New York, in front of a warmed-up, internet-savvy conference audience. Their response? A sustained standing ovation. They knew they had just learned something […]
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