Brendesha M Tynes
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 655164 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Brendesha M Tynes |
| NOMBRES | Brendesha M |
| APELLIDO | Tynes |
| FIRMA | TYNES B M |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Southern California |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6420-7228 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 430 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 10 |
U.S. adolescents’ critical race digital literacy skills
This manuscript examines whether demographic factors and learning opportunities predict critical race digital literacy (CRDL) task performance among U.S. adolescents. Data come from the National Survey of Critical Digital Literacy, where 11–19-year-old adolescents’ CRDL skills were assessed through their responses to real-life, contemporary examples of race-related digital media (N = 1138). We found white participants performed significantly lowe…
Online Racial/Ethnic Discrimination, Suicidal Ideation, and Alcohol Misuse Among Ethnoracially Minoritized College Students
Over the past decade, mental health problems have disproportionately increased among U.S. ethnoracially minoritized college students, though explanations for this disparity remain understudied. In the present study, we examined the direct and indirect associations between online racial/ethnic discrimination, suicidal ideation (SI), and alcohol misuse. We also investigated whether internalized racism helps explain the association between online ra…
The impact of multidimensional forms of online racism on posttraumatic stress symptoms
These findings are among the first to illustrate the varied experiences of online racism among Black and Latine youth and the first to support that RI beliefs, particularly private regard beliefs, may serve as a protective factor against the adverse effects of online racism on PTSS, particularly for those with lower exposure levels. This has the potential to influence practice and policy interventions aimed at treating and addressing PTSS among B…
Constructed online experiences facilitate ethnic-racial identity development among Black and Latinx adolescents
Using latent profile analysis and a longitudinal design, we explored how Black and Latinx adolescents' (N = 535; Mage = 14.47, SD = 1.99) construction of their race/ethnic and civic-related online experiences facilitated ethnic-racial identity (ERI) development over time. Profiles comprised five indicators: ethnic-racial identity exploration, making same-ethnic friends, same-ethnic group communication, other group orientation, and online civic en…
Racial-ethnic differences in adolescents’ daily enactment of critical race digital literacy skills
Internet studies researchers have shown that Black participants on social media platforms often drive the development and culture of these platforms through dynamic production, analysis, and critique of race-related digital media. However, little education research has been done on how adolescents in general – including Black adolescents – learn the skills involved in these activities. Through analyzing data from the nationally representative Nat…
Online Racism, Smoking Motives, and Loneliness Among Black Emerging Adults
Objectives Racism is an important social determinant that disproportionately increases the risk of smoking among Black emerging adults. In today's digital era, Black emerging adults encounter online racism, including online racial discrimination (direct and vicarious) and exposure to racist content on systemic racism and race-related hate crimes. Yet, little is known about the relationship between online racism and smoking motives among Black eme…
Profiles of Latinx cultural orientation among adolescents
INTRODUCTION: The objectives of the current study were the following: (1) to explore multidimensional profiles of Latinx cultural orientation using Spanish language use, familismo, and ethnic-racial identity (ERI) affirmation among Latinx adolescents, (2) to test how Latinx cultural orientation profiles were associated with adolescents' internalizing symptoms (i.e., depressive symptoms and anxiety symptoms), and (3) to test whether associations b…
Online racial discrimination scale
The ORD scale is a reliable and valid measure for assessing experiences of online racial discrimination in Black and Latinx adolescents. These findings provide further support for the ORD scale's psychometric properties to help advance this line of research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Adolescents’ Analyses of Digital Media Related to Race and Racism in the 2020 U.S. Election
Adolescents’ heavy engagement with digital news and social media brings them considerable exposure to race-related content, especially during election cycles. We assess how well young people navigate that kind of digital content, using a nationally representative longitudinal study in which baseline data was collected during and after the 2020 election. We categorize young people’s responses to two real-life examples of digital media related to p…
Expanding digital citizenship education to address tough issues
Teachers need new instructional strategies and systemwide support to educate students about the threats that racism, hyper-partisanship, and disinformation pose to democracy. Nicole Mirra, Sarah McGrew, Joseph Kahne, Antero Godina Garcia, and Brendesha Tynes explore the three major elements of digital citizenship education — safety and civility, media analysis, and student voice — and introduce evidence-based principles that can deepen teaching a…
Exposure to Online Racial Discrimination and Traumatic Events Online in Black Adolescents and Emerging Adults
Online racial discrimination and race-related traumatic events online have been linked to psychological distress in Black youth. The current study builds on extant literature by examining associations among online racial discrimination, traumatic events online, and trauma symptoms of discrimination, after controlling for gender identity and ethnic-racial setting of college in a sample of 245 Black youth. Additionally, this study examines the pote…
From Google Searches to Russian Disinformation
This study uses a Critical Race Digital Literacy framework to examine Black and Latinx adolescents’ ability to critically evaluate race-related materials online. Participants completed four tasks that required them to engage with a range of race-related material, from search results to social media content. Findings indicate that the majority of participants demonstrated an “emerging” or “mastery” level understanding of search results and determi…
Victimized in many ways
Objectives: Racial-ethnic minority youth face multiple types of victimization associated with negative developmental outcomes. The present study examined the interplay of youth experiences of online and offline bullying/harassment and racial-ethnic discrimination across three waves. Methods: Racial-ethnic minority adolescents aged 10-19 ( N = 735) at Midwest schools were surveyed yearly on Internet usage and experiences, mental well-being, and re…
Anti-Black Structural Racism Goes Online
Anti-Black racism is an established social determinant of racial health disparities in the United States. Although the majority of research on racism examines in-person individual-level experiences, a majority of Americans engage online and may therefore be exposed to racism directly or indirectly in online contexts. Research suggests that the structural technological features of online contexts may be especially powerful in perpetuating and enac…
Exploration of bidirectionality in African American and Latinx adolescents’ offline and online ethnic-racial discrimination
Findings may be used to redefine current theoretical frameworks that assert the bidirectional nature of online and offline experiences, particularly in the domain of ethnic-racial discrimination. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Trajectories of Online Racial Discrimination and Psychological Functioning Among African American and Latino Adolescents
This study investigated trajectories of individual and vicarious online racial discrimination (ORD) and their associations with psychological outcomes for African American and Latinx adolescents in 6th-12th grade (N = 522; M grade = 9th) across three waves. Data were analyzed using growth mixture modeling to estimate trajectories for ORD and to determine the effects of each trajectory on Wave 3 depressive symptoms, anxiety, and self-esteem. Resul…
Online Racism
Daily multidimensional racial discrimination among Black U.S. American adolescents
Race-Related Traumatic Events Online and Mental Health Among Adolescents of Color
The Intersectional Internet
Latino adolescents’ perceived discrimination in online and offline settings
Guided by a risk and resilience framework, the current study examined the associations between Latino adolescents' (n = 219; Mage = 14.35; SD = 1.75) perceptions of ethnic discrimination in multiple settings (e.g., online, school) and several domains of adjustment (e.g., mental health, academic), and tested whether developmentally salient cultural assets (i.e., ethnic identity) directly promoted youth adjustment or moderated the negative impact o…
Black Youth Beyond the Digital Divide
Using a nationally representative diverse sample of 10- to 17-year-old youth, this study explores Black youths' Internet use, communication patterns, behavior, and victimization experiences via Internet and cell phone. Findings yielded a number of differences between Black and non-Black youth, with Black youth using the Internet with more intensity and being more likely to gain access via cell phone. Notable within-group differences emerged, incl…
Extending campus life to the Internet
Despite the fact that more college student interaction now takes place online, researchers have yet to examine the role the Internet plays in perceptions of campus racial climate. Using an online survey of a sample of 217 African American and European American college students, this study explored online factors including intergroup interaction as well as online and offline factors associated with campus racial climate. Hierarchical regression re…
Online racial discrimination and the protective function of ethnic identity and self-esteem for African American adolescents
A growing body of literature has shown that being victimized online is associated with poor mental health. Little is known about the factors that protect youth from the negative outcomes that may result from these victimization experiences, particularly those related to race. Using a risk and resilience framework, this study examined the protective function of ethnic identity and self-esteem among African Americans who experience online racial di…
The role of color-blind racial attitudes in reactions to racial discrimination on social network sites
This study examines associations between responses to online racial discrimination, more specifically, racial theme party images on social network sites and color-blind racial attitudes. We showed 217 African American and European American college students images and prompted them to respond as if they were writing on a friend’s “wall” on Facebook or MySpace. Reactions to racial theme party images were not bothered, not bothered-ambivalent, bothe…
Online Racial Discrimination and Psychological Adjustment Among Adolescents
Race-Related Traumatic Events Online and Mental Health Among Adolescents of Color
Latino adolescents’ perceived discrimination in online and offline settings
Guided by a risk and resilience framework, the current study examined the associations between Latino adolescents' (n = 219; Mage = 14.35; SD = 1.75) perceptions of ethnic discrimination in multiple settings (e.g., online, school) and several domains of adjustment (e.g., mental health, academic), and tested whether developmentally salient cultural assets (i.e., ethnic identity) directly promoted youth adjustment or moderated the negative impact o…
Online racial discrimination and the protective function of ethnic identity and self-esteem for African American adolescents
A growing body of literature has shown that being victimized online is associated with poor mental health. Little is known about the factors that protect youth from the negative outcomes that may result from these victimization experiences, particularly those related to race. Using a risk and resilience framework, this study examined the protective function of ethnic identity and self-esteem among African Americans who experience online racial di…
Trajectories of Online Racial Discrimination and Psychological Functioning Among African American and Latino Adolescents
This study investigated trajectories of individual and vicarious online racial discrimination (ORD) and their associations with psychological outcomes for African American and Latinx adolescents in 6th-12th grade (N = 522; M grade = 9th) across three waves. Data were analyzed using growth mixture modeling to estimate trajectories for ORD and to determine the effects of each trajectory on Wave 3 depressive symptoms, anxiety, and self-esteem. Resul…
Extending campus life to the Internet
Despite the fact that more college student interaction now takes place online, researchers have yet to examine the role the Internet plays in perceptions of campus racial climate. Using an online survey of a sample of 217 African American and European American college students, this study explored online factors including intergroup interaction as well as online and offline factors associated with campus racial climate. Hierarchical regression re…
The role of color-blind racial attitudes in reactions to racial discrimination on social network sites
This study examines associations between responses to online racial discrimination, more specifically, racial theme party images on social network sites and color-blind racial attitudes. We showed 217 African American and European American college students images and prompted them to respond as if they were writing on a friend’s “wall” on Facebook or MySpace. Reactions to racial theme party images were not bothered, not bothered-ambivalent, bothe…
Exposure to Online Racial Discrimination and Traumatic Events Online in Black Adolescents and Emerging Adults
Online racial discrimination and race-related traumatic events online have been linked to psychological distress in Black youth. The current study builds on extant literature by examining associations among online racial discrimination, traumatic events online, and trauma symptoms of discrimination, after controlling for gender identity and ethnic-racial setting of college in a sample of 245 Black youth. Additionally, this study examines the pote…
Anti-Black Structural Racism Goes Online
Anti-Black racism is an established social determinant of racial health disparities in the United States. Although the majority of research on racism examines in-person individual-level experiences, a majority of Americans engage online and may therefore be exposed to racism directly or indirectly in online contexts. Research suggests that the structural technological features of online contexts may be especially powerful in perpetuating and enac…
Internet Safety Gone Wild
Many Internet safety and parenting experts suggest that parents prohibit their teens from social networking sites and other online spaces where predators may lurk. But we may do adolescents a disservice when we curtail their participation in these spaces, because the educational and psychosocial benefits of this type of communication can far outweigh the potential dangers. These benefits include developing cognitive skills that are consistent wit…
"Role taking in online "classrooms
Adolescents recruited from chat rooms were interviewed via instant messaging about their interracial and interethnic experiences online. The types of messages participants sent and received about race on the Internet were identified using thematic analysis. Of particular interest within these online exchanges was what and how participants learned about racial issues. Data revealed that racialized role taking--the adoption and enactment of race-re…
Exploration of bidirectionality in African American and Latinx adolescents’ offline and online ethnic-racial discrimination
Findings may be used to redefine current theoretical frameworks that assert the bidirectional nature of online and offline experiences, particularly in the domain of ethnic-racial discrimination. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Black Youth Beyond the Digital Divide
Using a nationally representative diverse sample of 10- to 17-year-old youth, this study explores Black youths' Internet use, communication patterns, behavior, and victimization experiences via Internet and cell phone. Findings yielded a number of differences between Black and non-Black youth, with Black youth using the Internet with more intensity and being more likely to gain access via cell phone. Notable within-group differences emerged, incl…
Victimized in many ways
Objectives: Racial-ethnic minority youth face multiple types of victimization associated with negative developmental outcomes. The present study examined the interplay of youth experiences of online and offline bullying/harassment and racial-ethnic discrimination across three waves. Methods: Racial-ethnic minority adolescents aged 10-19 ( N = 735) at Midwest schools were surveyed yearly on Internet usage and experiences, mental well-being, and re…
Bush Doesn't Care About Black People”
(2006). “Bush Doesn't Care About Black People”: Race, Class, and Attributions of Responsibility in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The Black Scholar: Vol. 36, Hurricane Katrina, pp. 32-42
Internet Safety Gone Wild
Many Internet safety and parenting experts suggest that parents prohibit their teens from social networking sites and other online spaces where predators may lurk. But we may do adolescents a disservice when we curtail their participation in these spaces, because the educational and psychosocial benefits of this type of communication can far outweigh the potential dangers. These benefits include developing cognitive skills that are consistent wit…
"Role taking in online "classrooms
Adolescents recruited from chat rooms were interviewed via instant messaging about their interracial and interethnic experiences online. The types of messages participants sent and received about race on the Internet were identified using thematic analysis. Of particular interest within these online exchanges was what and how participants learned about racial issues. Data revealed that racialized role taking--the adoption and enactment of race-re…
Online Racial Discrimination and Psychological Adjustment Among Adolescents
The role of color-blind racial attitudes in reactions to racial discrimination on social network sites
This study examines associations between responses to online racial discrimination, more specifically, racial theme party images on social network sites and color-blind racial attitudes. We showed 217 African American and European American college students images and prompted them to respond as if they were writing on a friend’s “wall” on Facebook or MySpace. Reactions to racial theme party images were not bothered, not bothered-ambivalent, bothe…
Online racial discrimination and the protective function of ethnic identity and self-esteem for African American adolescents
A growing body of literature has shown that being victimized online is associated with poor mental health. Little is known about the factors that protect youth from the negative outcomes that may result from these victimization experiences, particularly those related to race. Using a risk and resilience framework, this study examined the protective function of ethnic identity and self-esteem among African Americans who experience online racial di…
Extending campus life to the Internet
Despite the fact that more college student interaction now takes place online, researchers have yet to examine the role the Internet plays in perceptions of campus racial climate. Using an online survey of a sample of 217 African American and European American college students, this study explored online factors including intergroup interaction as well as online and offline factors associated with campus racial climate. Hierarchical regression re…
Latino adolescents’ perceived discrimination in online and offline settings
Guided by a risk and resilience framework, the current study examined the associations between Latino adolescents' (n = 219; Mage = 14.35; SD = 1.75) perceptions of ethnic discrimination in multiple settings (e.g., online, school) and several domains of adjustment (e.g., mental health, academic), and tested whether developmentally salient cultural assets (i.e., ethnic identity) directly promoted youth adjustment or moderated the negative impact o…
Black Youth Beyond the Digital Divide
Using a nationally representative diverse sample of 10- to 17-year-old youth, this study explores Black youths' Internet use, communication patterns, behavior, and victimization experiences via Internet and cell phone. Findings yielded a number of differences between Black and non-Black youth, with Black youth using the Internet with more intensity and being more likely to gain access via cell phone. Notable within-group differences emerged, incl…
The Intersectional Internet
Online Racism
Daily multidimensional racial discrimination among Black U.S. American adolescents
Race-Related Traumatic Events Online and Mental Health Among Adolescents of Color
Exploration of bidirectionality in African American and Latinx adolescents’ offline and online ethnic-racial discrimination
Findings may be used to redefine current theoretical frameworks that assert the bidirectional nature of online and offline experiences, particularly in the domain of ethnic-racial discrimination. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved)
Trajectories of Online Racial Discrimination and Psychological Functioning Among African American and Latino Adolescents
This study investigated trajectories of individual and vicarious online racial discrimination (ORD) and their associations with psychological outcomes for African American and Latinx adolescents in 6th-12th grade (N = 522; M grade = 9th) across three waves. Data were analyzed using growth mixture modeling to estimate trajectories for ORD and to determine the effects of each trajectory on Wave 3 depressive symptoms, anxiety, and self-esteem. Resul…
From Google Searches to Russian Disinformation
This study uses a Critical Race Digital Literacy framework to examine Black and Latinx adolescents’ ability to critically evaluate race-related materials online. Participants completed four tasks that required them to engage with a range of race-related material, from search results to social media content. Findings indicate that the majority of participants demonstrated an “emerging” or “mastery” level understanding of search results and determi…
Victimized in many ways
Objectives: Racial-ethnic minority youth face multiple types of victimization associated with negative developmental outcomes. The present study examined the interplay of youth experiences of online and offline bullying/harassment and racial-ethnic discrimination across three waves. Methods: Racial-ethnic minority adolescents aged 10-19 ( N = 735) at Midwest schools were surveyed yearly on Internet usage and experiences, mental well-being, and re…
Anti-Black Structural Racism Goes Online
Anti-Black racism is an established social determinant of racial health disparities in the United States. Although the majority of research on racism examines in-person individual-level experiences, a majority of Americans engage online and may therefore be exposed to racism directly or indirectly in online contexts. Research suggests that the structural technological features of online contexts may be especially powerful in perpetuating and enac…
Expanding digital citizenship education to address tough issues
Teachers need new instructional strategies and systemwide support to educate students about the threats that racism, hyper-partisanship, and disinformation pose to democracy. Nicole Mirra, Sarah McGrew, Joseph Kahne, Antero Godina Garcia, and Brendesha Tynes explore the three major elements of digital citizenship education — safety and civility, media analysis, and student voice — and introduce evidence-based principles that can deepen teaching a…
Exposure to Online Racial Discrimination and Traumatic Events Online in Black Adolescents and Emerging Adults
Online racial discrimination and race-related traumatic events online have been linked to psychological distress in Black youth. The current study builds on extant literature by examining associations among online racial discrimination, traumatic events online, and trauma symptoms of discrimination, after controlling for gender identity and ethnic-racial setting of college in a sample of 245 Black youth. Additionally, this study examines the pote…
Adolescents’ Analyses of Digital Media Related to Race and Racism in the 2020 U.S. Election
Adolescents’ heavy engagement with digital news and social media brings them considerable exposure to race-related content, especially during election cycles. We assess how well young people navigate that kind of digital content, using a nationally representative longitudinal study in which baseline data was collected during and after the 2020 election. We categorize young people’s responses to two real-life examples of digital media related to p…
Profiles of Latinx cultural orientation among adolescents
INTRODUCTION: The objectives of the current study were the following: (1) to explore multidimensional profiles of Latinx cultural orientation using Spanish language use, familismo, and ethnic-racial identity (ERI) affirmation among Latinx adolescents, (2) to test how Latinx cultural orientation profiles were associated with adolescents' internalizing symptoms (i.e., depressive symptoms and anxiety symptoms), and (3) to test whether associations b…
Online racial discrimination scale
The ORD scale is a reliable and valid measure for assessing experiences of online racial discrimination in Black and Latinx adolescents. These findings provide further support for the ORD scale's psychometric properties to help advance this line of research. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Online Racial/Ethnic Discrimination, Suicidal Ideation, and Alcohol Misuse Among Ethnoracially Minoritized College Students
Over the past decade, mental health problems have disproportionately increased among U.S. ethnoracially minoritized college students, though explanations for this disparity remain understudied. In the present study, we examined the direct and indirect associations between online racial/ethnic discrimination, suicidal ideation (SI), and alcohol misuse. We also investigated whether internalized racism helps explain the association between online ra…
The impact of multidimensional forms of online racism on posttraumatic stress symptoms
These findings are among the first to illustrate the varied experiences of online racism among Black and Latine youth and the first to support that RI beliefs, particularly private regard beliefs, may serve as a protective factor against the adverse effects of online racism on PTSS, particularly for those with lower exposure levels. This has the potential to influence practice and policy interventions aimed at treating and addressing PTSS among B…
Psychology (25 obras) · Sociology (19 obras) · Social Psychology (16 obras) · Gender Studies (15 obras) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (15 obras) · Racism (14 obras) · Ethnic group (13 obras) · Social Psychology (13 obras) · Gender Studies (12 obras) · Developmental psychology (11 obras)