Online Marketing and Child Eating Habits: What to Know and What To Do
Children today face a nonstop stream of sophisticated online marketing techniques that look nothing like the TV jingles and commercials of the past. How can parents safeguard children from the impacts of this endless, ever-present influx of food marketing content?
The Children and Screens Guide for Early Child Development and Media Use: Infants and Children Ages 0-5
Phones in Schools? What the Research Says | Abe Flanigan, PhD
Advancing the Agenda: A Report from the Breakout Sessions at #MediaAndMinds25
This report is a summary of the 19 breakout sessions at the 2025 Media and Minds Congress.
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Social Relationships
…are connections between two or more individuals, and include peers, friendships, families, romantic ties, community groups, and even parasocial connections with digital creators. Formed both online and offline, these bonds shape development through supportive, prosocial behaviors and/or antisocial dynamics. They are increasingly affected by today’s digital landscape which can serve as both facilitator and disruptor.
Face-to-face conversations change when technology is present…if these interruptions take place, the quality of that interaction is degraded…and people feel less connected to the other individual.”
On Social Relationships
The Social Brain on Screens
What are the functions of the social brain in childhood and what strategies can encourage healthy social development in youth?
How does technology affect kids' social development?
How do technology-mediated experiences impact social development across childhood? What role do devices and digital media play in social interactions and the development of critical social skills?
Growing Up Online: Understanding Youth Internet Trends, Subcultures, and Relationships
Where and how are children and teens spending their time online, and what is the nature of the cultures and relationships they are forming there? How are these affecting their offline development and sense of self?
Growing Up Lonely? Child Connection and Isolation in the Digital Age
Are today’s children lonelier than past generations? How are digital devices and social media shaping their ability to connect, and what does that mean for their long-term emotional and social well-being?
(dis)Connected? Relationships in the Digital Age
With increasing reliance on digital platforms for interaction, how are relationships changing? How do we promote personal connections in the context of near-ubiquitous use of smartphones and other technologies?