News

• Bay State Parent: When social distancing collides with social media
  Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., comments on the positive and negative impacts social media use can have during COVID-19.
• Q&A with Student Research Assistant Katie Du
  

  May 14, 2020

  Undergraduate student research assistant Katie Du reflects on her work with our Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab, and her experience as an international student at Wellesley during a pandemic.
• Your Teen Magazine: There is Plenty to be Gained from Social Media for Middle Schoolers
  Dr. Linda Charmaraman discusses the positive and negative impact of teen and tween social media use during COVID-19 in a video interview with Your Teen Magazine.
• Insider: How Social Media Affects The Mental Health of Teenagers
  Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., and her research is quoted in this article on the impact of social media on the health of teens.
• The Week: The Truth About Tweens and Screens
  

  Senior research scientist Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., shares her insight on the different ways kids engage with and feel the effects of social media.
• Adolescent Development in an Age of Social Media
  

  January 29, 2020

  Senior Research Scientist Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., served as a guest editor for a special issue of the Journal of Adolescent Research focused on adolescent and emerging adult development in an age of social media.
• Wired: I Monitor My Teens' Electronics, and You Should Too
  Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., director of the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab discusses the evidence for parental monitoring of online and mobile content and associated positive outcomes.
• Baystate Parent: Should You Buy Your Tween a Smartphone? An expert weighs in
  Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., senior research scientist, discusses some of the important factors parents should consider when thinking about purchasing a cell phone for their tweens.
• New York Post: Why Teens Shoot Video of Violence Instead of Helping
  Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., director of the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab, discusses the causes of a growing phenomenon: teens’ failure to act in situations of violence.
• Wellesley College: Wellesley Centers for Women Partners with Local Middle School to Promote Healthy Social Media Use
  

  Senior research scientist Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., helps teach middle schoolers about social media’s impact on their lives and healthy ways to use it.
• WCW Partners with Local Middle School to Promote Healthy Social Media Use
  

  July 29, 2019

  Dr. Linda Charmaraman turned her research into action when she co-led a workshop teaching middle schoolers to use social media in healthy ways.
• NIH Awards Wellesley Centers for Women Funding to Promote Undergraduate Research
  

  October 17, 2018

  NIH awarded WCW $450,000 over three years to study social media use of early adolescents while providing Wellesley College students with hands-on research opportunities.