@blaireweiman-uva.bsky.social
My team is an extension of UVA's mission as a public university. When we find compelling experts and stories, we post them here. 📧 bweiman@virginia.edu
"Why are teen voices a critical missing piece in evaluating school cell phone bans and restrictions?"
This UVA expert, Bethany Teachman, breaks down how her work is finding a way to make teens, parents, educators, and policymakers partners in finding real solutions.
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Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment (TYDE) is a research initiative at UVA that supports interdisciplinary research and training to understand the impact of technology on healthy youth development.
Their speciality? Including teens in the conversation.
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UVA's Steve Parks on what reporters can learn from democratic organizers on the ground in dictatorships and autocracies. #Myanmar #Syria #Venezuela #Ukrainewar #Zimbabwe #Democracy
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Joao Ferreira from UVA's @weldoncoopercenter.bsky.social can talk through how federal cuts could cascade across Virginia's economy.
www.youtube.com/shorts/CcDNL...
"Teens have always used new technologies in ways that have scared adults..." UVA's Nancy Deutsch debunks the common misconception that teen obsession with technology — and adults being scared — is new for this generation.
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