"Psychological and social scientists are continually investigating the potential effects of viewing video content on adolescents’ well-being. Both the volume of video content and its accessibility to children and adolescents have increased dramatically in recent years. This is due primarily to the availability of video content on video streaming channels and via various online platforms (e.g., social media, gaming) on which adolescents can consume video content produced by a wide range of creators, including adolescents themselves.1 Much of this new video content has been created without sufficient policies that are designed to protect youth and support healthy development.

Science suggests multiple ways that video content, and the platforms that host it, can help or harm teens. Addressing these issues is the responsibility of numerous stakeholders, including (but not limited to) platforms and channels hosting and distributing video content, content creators, parents, caregivers, educators, policymakers, and technology industry professionals. This report offers a series of recommendations, some of which may be enacted immediately by parents, youth, or educators. Others will require more substantial change by video hosting platforms, content creators, policymakers, and/or technology professionals. To ensure the time adolescents spend consuming content on video platforms is safe and enriching, all should review the recommendations below and consider how best to address each.

This report summarizes the extant scientific literature (as of November 2024). Note that these recommendations focus predominantly on adolescents’ viewing of video content, rather than other video-based experiences such as direct messaging friends virtually, video chatting, or creating video content."

https://www.apa.org/topics/social-media-internet/healthy-teen-video-viewing

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