Written by: Meisi Li The YAB Initiative is an advocacy program under the Technology and Adolescent Mental Wellbeing (TAM) program led by Dr. Megan Moreno to promote youth engagement and support researchers and clinicians. Dr. Moreno also leads the Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team (SMAHRT) which is where TAM and the YAB Initiative […]
Written by: Garrett Waterman In a concerted effort to improve our understanding of the associations between youth, technology, social media, and mental wellbeing, researchers have been focused on collecting data through surveys, interviews, and questionnaires. This approach has allowed researchers to cultivate large subsets of data that simply did not exist twenty years ago. While […]
Written By: Isabel Garlough-Shah Since 2019, researchers at SMAHRT have investigated the topic of bullying in news media. The purpose of the initial research was to understand how news media cover sensitive topics such as bullying and cyberbullying. Exploring this type of media is essential as past research has shown how news coverage on subjects […]