Special thanks to our guest:

Rachel Besharat Mann, PhD is a scholar at Wesleyan University interested in the academic and personal literacy practices that support adolescents through a sensitive developmental period marked by identity exploration, that in turn provides the foundation for behavior and self-conceptualization in adulthood. Her current work explores how social media impacts adolescent consumption and interpretation of information used to inform the development of civic identities and political ideology. Past work has explored the impact of social media use on self-esteem and identity development through the lens of possible self-ideation​​.

News Over Noise is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications. 

News Over Noise is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications. 

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