Research Reports

The Center for Scholars & Storytellers conducted a national and qualitative survey to understand how teens are turning to television for insights on sexual and reproductive health (SRH), how the content they see is making them feel, and how this content can be improved.

The Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA (CSS) at UCLA released new research about what young people are watching and looking forward to in the media. These findings further confirmed the results of this year’s 2024 Teens and Screens report, which showed young people still care about movies and are increasingly interested in fantasy content while increasingly disinterested in romance.

This year, as part of our annual Teens and Screens study, we surveyed 1,644 adolescents, ages 10 to 24, from across the U.S. about their personal priorities. We asked them to rate the importance of 14 goals — ranging from "being kind to others" to "being famous." The findings are both surprising and eye-opening

The Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA (CSS) at UCLA released new research about young people’s perceptions of the 2024 presidential election and American politics. These findings paint a picture of a new political generation — where diversity is normal and being online is key.

This research snapshot is based on the findings from a larger research study, in which we surveyed 42 youth, aged 18-26, across California. We examined the differences in how young people with foster care experience and those without foster care experience perceived the accuracy of the depictions of foster care included in Instant Family and other, recently released films that depict the system

New survey from the Center for Scholars & Storytellers at UCLA finds most teens agree with the Surgeon General’s recent social media advisory, but disagree with new laws.