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SUMMARY:What’s the Impact of Social Media on Youth Well-Being?
DESCRIPTION:The news is rife with breathless headlines about the risks of social media for teens\, feeding into growing parental concern about digital media’s impact on their children. In response\, legislators are moving to curtail or block young people’s access to social media; e.g.\, in 2024\, Australia’s parliament approved a social media ban for youth under 16\, and other countries are considering doing the same. Meanwhile\, kids and teens report mostly positive experiences with social media and overwhelmingly want the freedom to access it. Is the public concern about social media justified\, or is this a moral panic? What does research say about the impact of social media on youth well-being? \nSpeaker Bio \nVani Henderson first joined Google in 2007\, and now heads the User Experience Research team for Kids and Families at YouTube. Her work directly influences how hundreds of millions of families interact with YouTube. Over the course of her career at Google\, Vani has led research on a range of products\, including Maps\, Identity\, and ads. Vani completed her PhD in Communication at the Annenberg School of the University of Pennsylvania in 2005\, focusing on media effects on teen health outcomes\, and was a post-doc at the Stanford Prevention Research Center. She holds an MS from Cornell University and a BA from Concordia University in Montreal\, Canada. Her academic background in communication psychology continues to inform her human-centered approach to product research. When not at work\, you can find Vani working with local dog rescue organizations\, hiking in the San Francisco Bay area\, and spending time with her husband and two teenagers.
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SUMMARY:Do Your Own Research? How Searching Online to Evaluate Misinformation Can Increase Belief in its Veracity
DESCRIPTION:Considerable scholarly attention has been paid to understanding belief in online misinformation\, with a particular focus on social networks. However\, the dominant role of search engines in the information environment remains underexplored\, even though the use of online search to evaluate the veracity of information is a central component of media literacy interventions. Although conventional wisdom suggests that searching online when evaluating misinformation would reduce belief in it\, there is little empirical evidence to evaluate this claim. Here\, across five experiments\, we present consistent evidence that online search to evaluate the truthfulness of false news articles actually increases the probability of believing them. To shed light on this relationship\, we combine survey data with digital trace data collected using a custom browser extension. We find that the search effect is concentrated among individuals for whom search engines return lower-quality information. Our results indicate that those who search online to evaluate misinformation risk falling into data voids\, or informational spaces in which there is corroborating evidence from low-quality sources. We also find consistent evidence that searching online to evaluate news increases belief in true news from low-quality sources\, but inconsistent evidence that it increases belief in true news from mainstream sources. In the presentation\, I will also present findings from a new in-progress study in which participants utilize an LLM Chatbot (Perplexity) instead of search engines. \nJoin us for this discussion on April 14 at 5:00 pm in DMC 5.208! \nSpeaker Bio: \nJoshua A. Tucker is Julius Silver\, Roslyn S. Silver\, and Enid Silver Winslow Professor Julius Silver Professor\, Director of the Jordan Center for Advanced Study of Russia\, co-Director of the Center for Social Media and Politics\, and Professor of Politics at New York University. His research focuses on the intersection of the digital information environment\, social media\, and politics.  He is the co-chair of the external academic team for the U.S. 2020 Facebook & Instagram Election Study\, serves on the advisory board of the American National Election Study and the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems and was the co-founder and co-editor of the Journal of Experimental Political Science. An internationally recognized scholar\, he has been a keynote speaker for conferences in Belgium\, Sweden\, Denmark\, Italy\, Brazil\, the Netherlands\, and the United States\, and has given over 250 invited research presentations at top domestic and international universities and research centers. His research has been published in top general scientific journals\, including Science\, Nature\, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences\, and political science journals\, including the American Political Science Review\, the American Journal of Political Science\, and The Journal of Politics. His most recent books are the co-authored Communism’s Shadow: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Political Attitudes (Princeton University Press\, 2017) and the co-edited Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field (Cambridge University Press\, 2020). In 2024\, he was included in Clarivate’s 1% Top Cited List for the top cited researchers globally by field. 
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/do-your-own-research-how-searching-online-to-evaluate-misinformation-can-increase-belief-in-its-veracity/
LOCATION:DMC 5.208\, 300 W Dean Keeton St\, Austin\, TX\, 78712\, United States
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SUMMARY:Tiananmen Tonight Screening
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of the documentary Tiananmen Tonight\, with co-directors Bestor Cram and Michael Streissguth. Hosted by the Center for Media Engagement and the School of Journalism & Media. \nContent Warning: Depictions and discussion of political violence and historical trauma. \nDocumentary Synopsis: \nIn these perilous times for American journalism comes a story of truth-telling in service to democracy. Tiananmen Tonight reveals the powerful human drama of Dan Rather and the CBS Evening News team battling for life and reputation while courageously reporting the extraordinary student uprising in 1989 that brought China to the brink of democratic reform.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/tiananmen-tonight-screening/
LOCATION:DMC 5.102
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SUMMARY:Wired Wisdom: How to Age Better Online
DESCRIPTION:  \nPeople 60 and over are the internet’s fastest-growing demographic. Many myths surround older adults’ online behavior\, such as a lack of skills and being constantly duped. Yet\, research shows that many in this age group are savvy and are\, in fact\, less likely to fall for online scams than younger adults. In this talk\, Eszter Hargittai shares insights from her book Wired Wisdom (co-authored with John Palfrey\, University of Chicago Press\, 2025) about how older adults are incorporating digital media into their lives and what they\, their support networks\, journalists\, policymakers\, and companies can do to make these experiences more beneficial. The Wall Street Journal selected the book as a Best Book of 2025 on Health Aging\, and the New Scientist included it among its Best Popular Science Books of 2025. Food will be provided. \nEvent Location: \nUT Austin Campus\nG.B. Dealey Center for New Media\, Room 5.208 (5th Floor)\n300 W Dean Keeton St\, Austin\, TX 78705 \nClosest Parking\nSan Antonio Garage: 2420 San Antonio Street. San Antonio Garage\, between 24th and 25th Streets\n27th Street Garage: 109 W. 27th Street\, on the corner of University Blvd. and 27th St.\nSpeedway Garage: 105 E. 27th Street\, on the corner of 27th and Speedway.\nNueces Garage: 2400 Nueces St. \nSpeaker Bio: \nEszter Hargittai is a Professor and holds the Chair of Internet Use and Society at the Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich. She is Fellow of the International Communication Association and an External Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She is a past Fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford and Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Hargittai’s research looks at how people may benefit from or be left behind as a result of their varied digital media uses\, with a particular focus on how differences in people’s digital skills influence what they do online. She has looked at these questions in the domains of information seeking\, health content (including Covid-19)\, political participation\, job search\, the sharing of creative content\, and privacy management. Hargittai is author of Connected in Isolation: Digital Privilege in Unsettled Times (The MIT Press\, 2022) and co-author of Wired Wisdom: Aging Better Online (with John Palfrey)\, which was published last year by the University of Chicago Press and called a “Best Book of 2025 on Healthy Aging by the Wall Street Journal and a Best Popular Science Book of 2025 by New Scientist. She holds a BA in Sociology from Smith College and a PhD in Sociology from Princeton University.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/wired-wisdom-how-to-age-better-online/
LOCATION:DMC 5.208\, 300 W Dean Keeton St\, Austin\, TX\, 78712\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Dangers of Focusing on the Danger of Digital Media Use
DESCRIPTION:Extensive attention has been paid to the potential harms of media consumption generally\, and social media use in particular\, with relatively little consideration given to the potential psychological benefits of media use. This talk will address why this bias exists and its potential for unintended negative consequences. Evidence of how self-selected and prescribed digital media content can support desirable outcomes\, including reduced stress and procrastination\, increased goal motivation and pursuit\, and increased empathy and relational satisfaction\, will be shared to highlight the need for better understanding of how to empower media users to make media choices that can support their psychological well-being. \nPizza will be provided at the event. \nEvent Location: \nUT Austin Campus\nG.B. Dealey Center for New Media\, Room 5.208 (5th Floor)\n300 W Dean Keeton St\, Austin\, TX 78705 \nClosest Parking\nSan Antonio Garage: 2420 San Antonio Street. San Antonio Garage\, between 24th and 25th Streets\n27th Street Garage: 109 W. 27th Street\, on the corner of University Blvd. and 27th St.\nSpeedway Garage: 105 E. 27th Street\, on the corner of 27th and Speedway.\nNueces Garage: 2400 Nueces St. \nSpeaker Bio: \nRobin L. Nabi is a Professor of Communication at the University of California\, Santa Barbara. With degrees from Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania\, she has published over 100 journal articles and book chapters investigating the effects of media use on emotional experiences\, decision-making\, and well-being.  She is the co-editor of two volumes: The SAGE Handbook of Media Processes and Effects and Emotions in the Digital World (Oxford University Press). She is a Fellow of the International Communication Association\, and her research has been featured in numerous media outlets\, including the New York Times\, the Los Angeles Times\, USA Today\, NPR\, CBC/Radio-Canada\, and the Harvard Business Review.
URL:https://mediaengagement.org/event/dangers-of-focusing-on-the-danger-of-social-media/
LOCATION:DMC 5.208\, 300 W Dean Keeton St\, Austin\, TX\, 78712\, United States
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