Signal bias and social noise are persistent threats. Vocal minorities, bots and echo chambers can distort the picture.

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 companies exercise only limited control, permitting lies, fake news and intentionally divisive content to proliferate. The torrent of allegedly Moscow-backed content provoked an angry ...

Social media platforms prioritize engaging, visually compelling content, making it a natural fit for product discovery. As users scroll through their feeds, sponsored posts and trending content ...

Since the early 2010s, social media has been identified with protesters. In the early days of platforms like Twitter, this was intuitive. Protest movements want attention, but mainstream media ...

The impact of social media on young people’s mental health and well-being is a growing topic of concern among parents, educators, health care professionals and regulators. And now, nearly half ...

New study shows social media use predicted future depression in tweens. Researchers followed thousands of pre-teens for three years, generating unique insights into how social media is shaping kids.

Many of us get lost in social media. Some data indicate that, worldwide, the average adult spends more than 2.5 hours per day immersed in social apps. All that scrolling can take a toll: Excessive ...

For young people, social media has many pros and cons that can be difficult to balance, according to a new report from Common Sense Media and Hopelab. Ad Feedback. Health. Life, But ...

GSA has teamed up with social media annotation platform Rap Genius to make government jargon more understandable.