Behind Their Screens: What Teens are Facing (and Adults are Missing)

As new information emerges about the impacts of social media and screens on young people, so do new strategies to guide and protect teens. Our guests, Harvard University researchers Emily Weinstein and Carrie James, set out to try and understand more about this complex and complicated issue. Their years of research included interviews with over 3500 teens. And much of what they found - from the teens’ own fears and concerns, to the unique ways in which they use technology, is surprising. On October twelfth, 2022 Emily Weinstein and Carrie James talked to Lauren Schiller at KQED studios in San Francisco about their new book “Behind Their Screens: What Teens are Facing (and Adults are Missing).”