Recent Coverage
March 14, 2022
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., discusses her research on teens' social media use during the pandemic.
January 31, 2022
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., shares her expertise on the minimum age for joining social media.
December 7, 2021
Linda Charmaraman, PhD., contributes an expert opinion on Instagram's impact on teens.
November 14, 2021
Research from our Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab explores the impacts of using social media at a young age.
November 10, 2021
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., shares her expertise on the mental health benefits and drawbacks of social media.
November 6, 2021
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., discusses a new social media trend.
October 29, 2021
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., shares findings from her research on social media use in younger children.
October 6, 2021
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., shares her expertise on leaked research studies about Instagram’s impact on teens.
September 29, 2021
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., shares her findings on the link between youth screen time and their social development.
September 28, 2021
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., discusses social media use among LGBTQ youth on the Channel Q radio show, Let's Go There.
September 28, 2021
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., shares findings from a new journal article on LGBTQ youth social media use.
September 21, 2021
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., shares findings on middle school students' social media use.
June 18, 2021
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., shares findings from her research on middle schoolers' social media use.
May 17, 2021
Wellesley College student Rachel Hodes worked with Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., during the 2020-21 academic year.
May 10, 2021
Professor Catherine Delcourt, who partners with Dr. Linda Charmaraman in our Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab, discusses findings from their digital wellbeing workshops for middle school students.
April 26, 2021
Senior Research Scientist Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., discusses the rise of private audio chats and interactive social media.
March 8, 2021
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., discusses the meaning of healthy social media usage in this feature in Wellesley Weston Magazine.
February 19, 2021
WCW Senior Research Scientist Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., is featured in Accents discussing teens and technology during COVID-19.
December 15, 2020
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., has been appointed as Forbes Ignite's new Scientific Advisor.
December 10, 2020
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., discusses her research on the Forbes Ignite podcast, Inner Wealth.
November 3, 2020
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., of WCW and the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab is quoted in this article describing her new study on adolescent sleep and bedtime technology habits.
October 14, 2020
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., of WCW and the Youth, Media & Wellbeing Research Lab was mentioned in this article that describes the links between pet ownership and teen social development.
September 24, 2020
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., of WCW is quoted in this article discussing Facebook in the time of COVID-19 as it relates to incoming college students.
August 7, 2020
Senior Research Scientst Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., spoke with Education Dive about the positive ways middle schoolers have been using social media during COVID-19.
May 21, 2020
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., comments on the positive and negative impacts social media use can have during COVID-19.
April 17, 2020
Dr. Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., discusses the positive and negative impact of teen and tween social media use during COVID-19 in a video interview with Your Teen Magazine.
March 18, 2020
Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., and her research is quoted in this article on the impact of social media on the health of teens.
February 21, 2020
Senior research scientist Linda Charmaraman, Ph.D., shares her insight on the different ways kids engage with and feel the effects of social media.
January 27, 2020
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.
December 18, 2019
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.
September 19, 2019
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.
August 19, 2019
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.
