#GoodforMEdia Learning Hub
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Check out our stories, insights & strategies to empower healthy relationships with social media.
HOPE Youth Coalition Meeting
June 21, 2022: Presentation at the Youth Leadership Institute’s HOPE Youth Coalition meeting.
San Francisco Chronicle: California could be the first state to hold social media companies liable for harm to children
June 2, 2022: #GoodforMEdia youth advisor Tiffany Chen was featured in the San Francisco Chronicle
Sonia’s suggestions for policymakers: providing control over algorithms
Learn from Sonia about the harmful effects of algorithms & how they may be limited
#GoodforMEdia's Guide to Social Comparison
This guide was created to support other teens seeking ways to navigate the amount of news we consume and the emotions that come with it. We aim to show different strategies to interact with media through a critical lens while also centering our mental health.
Bay Area Youth Wellness Fair
May 15, 2022: Presentation at the Youth Leadership Institute’s HOPE Youth Coalition meeting.
Zoe’s suggestions for policymakers: data transparency
Find out how Zoe recommends improving data transparency among social media platforms
Stanford High School Neuroscience Virtual Forum
April 23, 2022: Presentation at the Stanford High Neuroscience Virtual Forum
Emily’s suggestions for policymakers: improved content regulation
Emily explains the importance of considering age when thinking about content regulation
California State Assembly Joint Hearing: #GoodforMEdia Youth Testimony
March 29, 2022: The #GoodforMEdia team provided testimony on how to improve online experiences for young people
Finding the ME in media
March 26, 2022: Finding the “ME in Media” workshop at Los Altos Community Center
Youth Tech Health Global Conference
The #GoodforMEdia team presented at the Youth Tech Health global conference.
Made of Millions - 2021 Generation Livestream
2021: Hear from our youth co-founders, as they discuss #Good4MEdia as part of the Made of Millions 2021 Generation Livestream series.
All Tech Is Human: Aligning Our Tech Future With Our Human Experience - Report
January 1, 2022: We were featured in the HX Report by All Tech Is Human
What Parents NEED to Know: #GoodforMEdia’s Guide to Social media
This guide is our "toolkit" for parents and contains helpful strategies and tips from our #GoodforMEdia team for what we believe parents should know about and use when supporting their child's relationship with social media.
Children and Screens
October 6, 2021: #GoodforMEdia’s Vicki Harrison served as an expert panelist for “Looking Back and Moving Forward: Children’s Pandemic Experiences and Where to Go From Here”. An interdisciplinary panel of experts discussed the physical, mental, and social impacts of Covid-19 for young people & provided advice to support youth through the next phase of the pandemic.
The Washington Post: Banning your children from Instagram won’t help keep them safe. These tips will.
October 5, 2021: We were featured in The Washington Post
The New York Times: Teenage girls say Instagram’s mental health impacts are no surprise
October 5, 2021: We were featured in The New York Times
5th Annual Student Mental Wellness Conference
September 8, 2021: The #GoodforMEdia team presented “Youth-led Mental Health Campaigns Promoting Health Social Media Use & Cultural Literacy” on how peer-focused, youth-led initiatives can support middle-high school student mental health by highlighting the #GoodforMEdia campaign.
Cyrus: Living in the moment
Cyrus shares about what he learned from posting every moment on social media
Isabella: the content balancing act
Hear how and why Isabella balances heavy and uplifting content in her feed