Teens and social media: How to balance the good and the bad

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Teenagers and social media are concerned with young people’s parents and family members. The time teenagers spend on their devices and what material they engage in can cause adults to worry. Three university professors gathered virtually to discuss this subject’s bad and good aspects. They explain social media’s physical and mental impact on teenagers’ health. The group also discusses how everyone is bundling issues surrounding this matter, causing more concern than necessary. One point that all three experts agreed upon is that social media is not all good or bad.“One of the themes we see in our work is that social media is not a monolith. The story of teens on social media is neither all good nor all bad. We’ve found that teens are more likely to say social media’s impact on them personally has been mostly positive than mostly negative,” said Colleen McClain, research associate at the Pew Research Center.The media briefing on Teens and social media took place in June. McClain was joined by Dr. Linda Charmaraman of Wellesley College and Dr. Jason Nagata of the University of California, San Francisco. Each expert tackled a specific topic and explained how parents and adults can apply what is...

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