Tag: Adolescent Involvement

OPINION: Facebook and the journalists covering the leaked Instagram data completely dropped the ball

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By: Grainne McDonagh, Lekha Pillarisetti, Sydney Trinrud, and Zoe Stratman As teens working alongside social media researchers, we saw many flaws in how Facebook withheld important data regarding adolescent health and how journalists shared the story. We read the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and New York Times articles and listened to the Journal podcast […]

Youth Advisory Boards: Seeing Technology through their Eyes

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By Brad Kerr I have gotten to spend ten years researching a topic I find interesting and important: social media and adolescent health. These research experiences do not, however, mean I am a trendsetting or even trend-following person when it comes to social media platforms. I created a Facebook account because I was excited to […]