Romer, DanielRich, Michael2023-05-222023-05-222016-01-012017-05-17https://repository.upenn.edu/handle/20.500.14332/1709The articles in this thematic issue suggest both opportunities and hazards for the health and development of adolescents in the digital age. We place these concerns in the context of improving health for young people in the US and elsewhere, and suggest that based on evidence uncovered to date, increasing digital connection may be having no less favorable than adverse effect on adolescents.© 2016 by the authors; licensee Cogitatio (Lisbon, Portugal). This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY)(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). See Media and Communication for more information (http://www.cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/index0.adolescents; behavioral healthdevelopmentdigital communicationmental healthCommunicationPublic Affairs, Public Policy and Public AdministrationArticle