Social Media and Adolescents, Part 1: "We Have the Whole World in Our Back Pockets"

Jan 14, 2025

Former Youth Scientific Council members Dallas Tanner and Becker Chabaan talk with Ron about how they navigate the benefits and risks of social media—and offer their suggestions for improving the online world for younger adolescents. 

Guests:

Becker Chabaan, a freshman at UC Santa Barbara, and Dallas Tanner, a freshman at UCLA, both former members of the Youth Scientific Council on Adolescence

Topics:

• Benefits of social media for adolescents
• Disadvantages of social media, especially for younger adolescents
• Perspectives on government bans and other regulations
• How to improve social media for all young people
• Dallas and Becker’s experiences with breaks from social media