Olivia June is the Founder and CEO of Hey! VINA, the tech company that connects, celebrates and empowers women. In 2016 she launched the award-winning app Hey! VINA, a social networking app often referred to as the “Tinder for (girl) friends”, that’s connected millions of women in 158 countries. Her academic career has been focused…
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Screen-time Tracking
Everyone in my family has this app and I have convinced many of my friends to download it as well. The results are extremely insightful. You don’t have to change your habits if they suit you but with this app, you will have information on your usage and give you the choice to change. https://inthemoment.io/…
Study on Bay Area High Schoolers With and Without Smartphones: Measures Productivity Doing Homework and Anxiety
©Kaia Rae, 2017 Many iGen teens are “addicted” to their smartphones, unable to imagine a world without them. Many modern-day teens do homework with their phones in hand. Is this the most productive way work? Objective: The objective of this study was to acquire qualitative data determining if restricting phone usage effects anxiety and productivity…
Ethan Zuckerman: An MIT Associate Professor Using Digital Media for Social Change
Ethan Zuckerman, Director of the Center for Civic Media at MIT, and an Associate Professor of the Practice at the MIT Media Lab. His research focuses on the use of media as a tool for social change, the role of technology in international development, and the use of new media technologies by activists. He…
Tech Talk Tuesday
Screenagers filmmaker, Dr. Delaney Ruston, shares her family’s weekly topics to help you manage and decrease struggles around screen time. Subscribe to her Tech Talk Tuesday program to receive conversation starters about social media, video game use, tech tips, latest research and more. TTTs work any day but the key is to stick with it….
HOPELAB Study Reveals Some Positive Effects of Social Media
A new study by Hopelab researchers Victoria Rideout, M.A. and Susannah Fox titled “Digital Health Practices, Social Media Use, and Mental Well-Being Among Teens and Young Adults in the U.S.” offers a revolutionary view on teens and young adults in relation to social media. The 2018 study reveals that social media may play a significant role…
Phones are making teens better behaved and less hedonistic
This Economist article talks about how teens are drinking less, getting into less trouble and having less sex than 20 years ago perhaps because their social needs are being met through technology. Parents are able to supervise their teens more now than ever with constant access to technology like location and data tracking apps. “Social media allow…