Studies of white kids online are widely taken to be universal, creating a racial bias problem, write academics who study teen behavior.
. While this effect has yet to be documented in adolescents, it is another example of the power of collective racial and ethnic identity in an online community.Across all marginalized populations there are untapped opportunities for research and design of social media. Offline risk factors such as bullying, victimization and behavioral problems spill into online spaces, heightening the risk of negative experiences on social media.
Linda Charmaraman is the Director of the Youth, Media, & Wellbeing Research Lab at Wellesley College. J. Maya Hernandez is a Ph.D. candidate in Social Ecology at University of California, Irvine
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