"Social media are everywhere in our daily lives, and some people display problematic, excessive use of these platforms. We found that this overuse is associated with a greater tendency to believe ...

At the same time that rising rates of poor mental health among youth have been called a national crisis, and as parents and regulators call on social media companies to do more to keep young ...

Samantha Kelly is a freelance writer with a focus on consumer technology, AI, social media, Big Tech, emerging trends and how they impact our everyday lives. Her work has been featured on CNN ...

We know that social media can be harmful to teens. Meta has found in its own research that Instagram makes body image worse for one in three teen girls, and Snapchat has been sued several times ...

Over the past few years there has been a growing chorus of parents, doctors and legal experts who have been sounding the alarm about the effects of social media on teenagers. Jonathan Haidt ...

But what if the real problem isn’t screen time − it’s the way we use social media at night? Sleep deprivation is one of the most widespread yet overlooked public health issues, especially ...

A survey of more than 1500 children suggests that smartphones can be beneficial to their mental and social well-being – unless they start using social media. Justin Martin at the University of ...

Grant Foundation. Social media is a complex environment that presents both opportunities and threats for adolescents, with self-expression and emotional support on the one hand and body-shaming ...

Multiple studio and PR sources say that while social media scrubbing was once an afterthought, it will now be seen as an essential component of every campaign. Netflix poured millions into ...

lecture. Instead, let’s unpack what these studies found and what we can do to navigate the murky waters of social media and mental health. In O’Day et al.’s meta-analysis of 52 studies ...

We investigated which brain regions and connections change due to increased social media engagement — or “dopa-mining”, as we call it. Using social media lights up the same parts of your ...