Dive into the world of research with Abby Hommer, a junior majoring in psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. As a research intern of the Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team (SMAHRT) for three years, Abby shares her unique insights into the team’s projects, including her roles in TYAH, B3 and the SMAHRT YAB. […]
Written by: Garrett Waterman A recently published article, “In the Mood for Music: Listening to Music and Other Smartphone Uses Improve Adolescent Mood” has shown that certain smartphone activities can work to regulate negative moods and sustain positive moods. The ever increasing prevalence of smartphone use among adolescent populations within the past ten years, paired […]
I still clearly remember the excitement I felt when I saw the communications intern position at SMAHRT on my school’s job listings a year ago in the spring. At the time, I had been working as a research assistant for Computational Approaches and Message Effects Research (CAMER) and had been content analyzing tweets about the […]