Emerging adults are among the most avid users of digital communication technologies, including texting, instant messaging (IM), and video chat (Duggan & Brenner, 2013; Lenhart et al., 2011). Furthermore, today’s 18-29 year olds are often described as “digital natives” because they have grown up using these technologies, utilizing text-based tools to develop existing friendships during adolescence, a sensitive period for socioemotional development (Baird, 2010; Prensky, 2001; Steinberg, 2005).
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Our mission is to study children, teens, and emerging adults’ interaction with the newer forms of interactive digital media and to see how these interactions both affect and reflect their offline lives and long-term development.
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Patricia M. Greenfield
Distinguished Professor of Psychology, UCLA
Director, CDMC@LA
Kaveri Subrahmanyam
Professor of Psychology, CSULA
Associate Director, CDMC@LA
Yalda T. Uhls, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher of CDMC@LA
Assistant adjunct professor at UCLA