Position Title
PhD candidate
Education
- M.A., Communication, University of California, Davis, 2020
- B.A., Communication, University of California, Davis, 2017
About
Lauren Taylor is a PhD candidate who studies child and adolescent development and media use, focusing on the production and effects of user-generated content in relation to child psychosocial functioning, self-regulation, and developmental disorders. She is also a fellow at The Center for Scholars and Storytellers.
Research Focus
Publications
Taylor, L. B., & Cingel, D. P. (2021). Predicting the use of YouTube and content exposure among 10–12-year-old children: Dispositional, developmental, and social factors. Psychology of Popular Media.
Taylor, L. B., Cingel, D. P., and Sumter, S. R. (in review). The effects of Instagram filters on young adult women’s body image: Evidence from two online experiments. Computers in Human Behavior.
Cingel, D. P., Carter, M. C., and Taylor, L. B. (2021). Child and Adolescent Social Media Use and Mental Health: A Personal Social Media Use Framework.
Krcmar, M., Cingel, D. P., Zhao, Y., and Taylor, L. B. (2020). Proposing a model of social media use and wellbeing. In R. A. Lind (Ed.) Produsing Theory in a digital world 3.0: The intersection of audiences and production in contemporary theory (3rd ed., pp. 195-210). Peter Lang.