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Ask the Experts—WebinarHidden Costs: Protecting Kids from Online Financial Exploitation
From influencer advertising, manipulative persuasive design, video game loot boxes, and even illegal financial extortion – children face a digital minefield designed to capture their money and their trust.
Social MediaAdvertising and MarketingPrivacyVideo GamingSpeakersVicki Shotbolt
Founder and CEO
Parent Zone
Michelle Nelson, PhD
Professor
Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Paul Raffile, MA
Intelligence Analyst
Elena Petrovskaya, PhD
Research Associate
University of Lincoln
Christopher Mufarrige
Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection
Federal Trade Commission
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Congresses2025 Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress
ON DEMAND NOW: Congress Sessions
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Ask the Experts—WebinarViolent Media, Toxic Online Spaces, and Youth Aggression
When does exposure to violent or toxic online content start to negatively impact young people's behavior, and what should parents and caregivers do about it?
CyberbullyingSocial RelationshipsVideo GamingViolent ContentSpeakersMichael Rich, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School; Director, Digital Wellness Lab at Boston Children’s Hospital
Stephanie Fredrick, PhD, NCSP
Associate Director, Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Brad J. Bushman, PhD
Professor of Communication, The Ohio State University
Jun Sung Hong, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Wayne State University; Visiting Professor, Department of Social Welfare, Ewha Womans University, South Korea
Rob Eschmann, PhD
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, Columbia University; Faculty Associate, Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
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Ask the Experts—WebinarSafe Zone: Children and Online Safety
What can parents and caregivers do to equip youth with the skills and protections needed to keep themselves safe online?
Media LiteracyParentingSocial MediaVideo GamingSpeakersMarc Berkman, JD
CEO, Organization for Social Media Safety
Sherri Hope Culver
Director, Center for Media and Information Literacy; Professor, Temple University
Sonia Livingstone, OBE, FBA
Professor of Social Psychology, London School of Economics and Political Science; Director, Digital Futures for Children Centre
Fareedah Shaheed
Internet Safety Expert, Sekuva
Titania Jordan
Chief Parent Officer, Bark Technologies
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Ask the Experts—WebinarState of Play: The Ins and Outs of Healthy and Problematic Video Gaming
Video gaming has become a near-universal activity with children. Which features in popular video games can promote (or hinder) their cognitive development and mental health?
Video GamingSpeakersDouglas Gentile, PhD
Distinguished Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences, Department of Psychology, Iowa State University
Nick Ballou, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Oxford Internet Institute
Adam Gazzaley, MD, PhD
Founder & Executive Director, Neuroscape; David Dolby Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Physiology and Psychiatry, University of California San Francisco
Kishonna Gray, PhD
Associate Professor, University of Kentucky
Alok Kanojia, MD, MPH
President & Co-Founder, Healthy Gamer
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Congresses2023 Digital Media and Developing Minds International Scientific Congress
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Ask the Experts—WebinarScreen Extremes: Children and Digital Addictions
Many children and teens spend several hours daily on screens for entertainment. When does heavy use of digital media turn into an addiction, and what can parents do?
Digital AddictionMental HealthSleep HealthVideo GamingSpeakersMarc N. Potenza, MD, PhD
Albert E. Kent Professor of Psychiatry, Director
Child Study Center and of Neuroscience; Division of Addictions Research at Yale; Yale Center of Excellence in Gambling Research; Yale Program for Research on Impulsivity and Impulse Control Disorders; Women and Addictive Disorders Core of Women's Health Research at Yale; Yale University School of Medicine
Naomi Fineberg, MBBS, MA, MRCPsych
Professor of Psychiatry; Consultant Psychiatrist
University of Hertfordshire; Highly Specialized Service for Obsessive Compulsive and Related Disorders, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Jason Nagata, MD, MSc
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of California, San Francisco
Clifford Sussman, MD
Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist; Internet and Gaming Addiction Specialist; Volunteer Clinical Faculty
George Washington University
Elaine Uskoski
Video gaming addiction speaker, author, and coach; Family Coach
Game Quitters
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Ask the Experts—WebinarThe Lure of Loot: Gambling and Manipulative Design in Youth Video Games
Video games popular with youth increasingly contain gambling features and other design elements intended to entice children to spend real money in games - how is this impacting kids? What can be done about it?
Video GamingDigital AddictionEthical DesignMental HealthSpeakersJeffrey L. Derevensky, PhD
James McGill Professor; Professor; Directory
Department of Educational & Counseling Psychology; Department of Psychiatry; International Centre for Youth Gambling Problems and High Risk Behaviors, McGill University
David Zendle, PhD
Lecturer
Department of Computer Science, University of York
Leon Xiao, LLM
PhD Fellow; Visiting Scholar
IT University of Copenhagen; Queen Mary University of London
Kev Clelland
Director of Insight and Engagement
YGAM
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Ask the Experts—WebinarMedia Violence and Its Impact on Youth
How does repeated exposure to graphic and violent movies, news, social media, television shows, and video games affect children's behavior and mental health?
Violent ContentMental HealthVideo GamingSpeakersBrad Bushman, PhD
Professor of Communication
Rinehart Chair of Mass Communication, The Ohio State University
Craig Anderson, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Psychology; Editor in Chief
Iowa State University; Aggressive Behavior
Janine Domingues, PhD
Director of Professional Training; Clinical Psychologist
School and Community Programs; Anxiety Disorders Center Child Mind Institute
Karyn Riddle, PhD
Robert Taylor Professor of Strategic Communication
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Melissa Sickmund, PhD
Director
National Center for Juvenile Justice
Andrew Doan, MD, PhD
Adjunct Associate Professor
Uniformed Services University