A Timely Debate: Candice Odgers & Jon Haidt Discuss Social Media and Youth Mental Health
In the following video, Drs. Bethany Teachman and Nancy Deutsch (Co-Directors of UVA’s Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment) moderate a discussion between experts Dr. Candice Odgers, Professor of Psychological Science and Informatics at the University of California Irvine, and Dr. Jonathan Haidt, a social psychologist at New York University’s Stern School of Business. These experts discuss their differing views on how social media may help or harm youth mental health.