Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health: Helping our Kids Thrive in a Digital Age

Join us for this year's Kessler Freedheim Lecture, featuring Dr. Megan Moreno, a Professor of Pediatrics and Affiliate Educational Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the new American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Center of Excellence: Creating a Healthy Digital Ecosystem for Children and Youth Co-Medical Director. Dr. Moreno is also an adolescent medicine physician and researcher. She is the principal Investigator of the Social Media and Adolescent Health Research Team ( SMAHRT), and her research focuses on the intersection of technology and adolescent health.

Technology and digital media are woven into the fabric of modern adolescence, and today, the messages around teen tech use include words like “addiction” and “brain rot.” In this talk, Dr. Moreno will begin by considering current narratives and frameworks around adolescent technology and digital media use. We've seen how they align with historical approaches in other times of technological advancement. She will then provide an overview of the 5Cs, a framework created through the American Academy of Pediatrics Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health. Dr. Moreno will present the evidence and experience that guided the creation of the 5Cs and how it can be leveraged for use by families, practitioners, and researchers.

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