新泽西州拨款50万美元 罗格斯大学牵头建青少年社交媒体研究中心
新泽西州州长 Mikie Sherrill 10月19日在位于该州 Mercer County 的州府 Trenton 宣布，罗格斯大学经竞争性程序获选，牵头组建新泽西州社交媒体研究中心，州政府为此拨款50万美元。
该中心由州高等教育厅长办公室与州卫生厅协调设立，资金列入州2027财年预算。中心主任为罗格斯大学心理学副教授 Jessica Hamilton，另由传播学副教授 Jeffrey Lane 与社会工作学副教授 Vivien Wen Li Anthony 共同领衔，研究人员来自罗格斯多个校区及 Rutgers Health。
中心将围绕评估社交媒体影响、干预有害使用、预防问题三方面展开工作，研究社交媒体使用与青少年睡眠、心理健康的关系，并评估警告标签等措施能否减少成瘾性使用。Hamilton 表示，已有来自10个县的二十多个高中生团队参与问卷研究。今年8月，Sherrill 签署了三项加强儿童网络保护的法案，其中包括设立该研究中心的立法。
New Jersey Awards Rutgers $500,000 to Lead Youth Social Media Research Center
New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill announced in Trenton, the state capital in Mercer County, on October 19 that Rutgers University has been selected through a competitive process to lead the New Jersey Social Media Research Center, supported by a $500,000 state grant.
The center was selected by the state Office of the Secretary of Higher Education, in coordination with the Department of Health, with funding in the fiscal year 2027 budget. It will be directed by Jessica Hamilton, an associate professor of psychology at Rutgers, alongside associate professors Jeffrey Lane of the School of Communication and Information and Vivien Wen Li Anthony of the School of Social Work, drawing researchers from across Rutgers campuses and Rutgers Health.
The center will assess social media's effects on young people's sleep and mental health, evaluate interventions against harmful or addictive use — including whether warning labels can discourage compulsive use — and work on prevention. Hamilton said more than two dozen teams of high school students in 10 counties are already taking part in the research. In August, Sherrill signed three bills strengthening online protections for children, including the legislation that directed the center's creation.
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