Videos
- Social Media and Mental Health: Research-Based Approaches to Support Adolescent Girls’ Wellbeing
March 16, 2023
In this collaboration with the Metrowest Women’s Fund, panelists share their insights and expertise in a discussion on middle school girls' mental health and social media use.
- Advancing Gender Equality Around the World: Four Innovative, Technology-Driven Approaches
March 8, 2023
In this virtual parallel event of the 2023 UN Commission on the Status of Women, panelists share the innovative ways they are using technology to advance gender equality and human wellbeing.
- 2022 Meta Summit on Youth Safety and Well-Being
January 5, 2023
In a summit hosted by Meta, Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., discusses the latest research on youth social media use and wellbeing.
- Exploring Adolescent Social Media Use
May 20, 2021
Students from the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab share findings from ongoing studies during a Wellesley College Ruhlman Conference presentation.
- Students Share Insights from 2020-21 Internships
May 20, 2021
Students in the 2020-21 Class of 1967 Internship Program at WCW discuss what they learned during their internships.
- Prototyping for Social Wellbeing with Early Social Media Users: Video Abstract
May 7, 2021
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., and Catherine Grevet Delcourt, Ph.D., share findings from a workshop on digital wellbeing, identity exploration, and computational concepts related to social computing.
- Social Media Related Body Dissatisfaction: Video Abstract
March 25, 2021
This study found that young adolescents who reported greater negative attitudes toward their body image checked their social media more frequently.
- Findings from the Social Media Use, Health, and Parental Monitoring Study
November 5, 2020
The Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab shares findings from a study of middle school students' social media use.
- Constantly Connected: The Social Media Lives of Teens
July 6, 2020
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., presented on a virtual panel hosted by Children and Screens: Institute of Digital Media and Child Development.
- How Fortnite Affects Teen Health
January 30, 2019
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., discusses the effects of online video game Fortnite on teen health and wellbeing.
- Digital Media, Health, and Relationships
October 15, 2018Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., spoke on a panel during the Digital Media and Developing Minds Conference.
- This is How Middle School Students Use Social Media
September 6, 2018
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., and Jennifer Grossman, Ph.D., both of the Wellesley Centers for Women, and their colleague Megan Moreno, M.D., of the University of Wisconsin, discuss young adolescents’ use of social media.
- Media and Identity Study – Next Steps
March 11, 2016
In this video, Dr. Linda Charmaraman discusses where the Media and Identity Study is headed, and what issues she is hoping to understand through the study's results.
- Media and Identity Study – Student Involvement: Social Media
March 11, 2016
In this video, Wellesley College student Huiying Bernice Chan discusses how the Media & Identity Study evolved over the 3 years she was involved with it, and what the project findings mean to her.
- Media and Identity Study – Student Involvement
March 10, 2016
In this video, Budnampet Ramanudom (Class of 2018) discusses her role on the Media and Identity Study team and the project’s next steps.
- Media and Identity Study - Cyber Harassment
March 4, 2016In this video, Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., principal investigator of the Media & Identity Study, reviews the findings related to cyber harassment, which focused on cyber rumor spreading and being mean or rude to others online, and the implications for those findings.
- Media and Identity Study - Teens Build Social Capital Online
March 4, 2016
In this video, Wellesley College student Huiying Bernice Chan, who has been a student research intern with the Media and Identity Study for three years, reviews the Study's social media findings related to young women of color and the implications of those findings.
- Media and Identity Study - Why This Research Matters
February 26, 2016In this video, Dr. Linda Charmaraman is joined by Wellesley College student research interns Huiying Bernice Chan and Budnampet Ramanudom to discuss why social science research with a focus on diverse groups is needed, and why the Media & Identity Project matters.
- Media and Identity Study - Project Overview February 26, 2016
In this video, Dr. Linda Charmaraman gives an overview of the ongoing Media & Identity Project.
