Research shows we check our smartphones about 84 times each day and spend up to 5 hours on them. Tech and social media use have been linked to a wide range of areas, including mental health ...

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Banning screens is often not an option. So Science News spoke with experts studying screen use and addiction in teens to help families navigate this complex issue.

The 2016 U.S. presidential election raised significant concerns among academics, political observers, policymakers, and others about the role social media played in the spread of misinformation during ...

Digital strategies such as video ads and pixel tracking helped researchers recruit faster, reach more diverse participants, ...

Over the last 20 years, social media has risen from relative obscurity to become a fully accepted and integrated part of everyday life. However, despite social media’s ubiquity, the research on ...

Social media is the third most-cited source of information on climate change, following teachers and parents, among the nationally representative sample of teens surveyed by the EdWeek Research ...