U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy called for stronger guidelines this week for social media use among children and teens, saying the platforms may pose a "profound risk" to young people's ...

Taking a closer look at the impact of social media on our youth is what a new report by Jennifer Siebel Newsom is doing, and her findings are alarming. Access to 24/7 technology is causing our ...

On a special episode (first released on December 5, 2024) of The Excerpt podcast: Gen Z is the first generation of digital natives, young people who are literally growing up on social media. It ...

Social media has become an important part of people’s daily lives. It plays an important role in shaping how we connect, interact, and communicate with others. Through social media, other ...

Social media can certainly feel addictive, as anyone who has spent hours scrolling through Twitter instead of doing other, more important tasks can attest.But many researchers remain skeptical ...

Social media has positive and negative impacts on girls, but teachers, parents, legislators and other adults must do more to protect youth from the downsides, according to a report released today by ...

“Social media is not all good or not all bad,” she explained to The Lift. New research says overuse of social media is when it become problematic, which impacts about 12% of the adolescent ...

Constant social media use can lead to dependency, especially within the confines of a college campus. This dependency may contribute to heightened social anxiety, causing students to avoid in ...