What is the connection between violent new media and behavior of young people? Dr. Michele Ybarra, president and research director of the Center for Innovative Public Health Research, a non-profit based in Orange County discusses research related to the connection between violent new media and the behavior of young people. News Conference: Michele Ybarra, Center for Innovative Public Health Research … [Read more...]
Interview with ABC News: Children and Online Victimization
Setting The Record Straight with ABC News' Amanda Congdon Michele Ybarra MPH PhD, talks with ABC News' Amanda Congdon about Children and Online victimization and sets the record straight about online victimization and safety issues currently sensationalized in the media. The internet is just another environment, where parents need to know who kids are with, what they are doing and what they are taking about on the internet. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxO1BDJPAsg … [Read more...]