Research from Aston University has shown that the public has no clearly accepted definition for the term "social media" or ...

Social media is designed to be addictive, jurors in a landmark trial against two of the largest social media companies have found. Research in recent years has increasingly suggested a causal link ...

Do you doomscroll? If so, you’re not alone. One 2024 survey found that almost a third of American adults regularly doomscroll—that is, swipe through endless social media feeds—and millennials and Gen ...

Early lessons from Australia’s law booting kids off platforms like Instagram and YouTube.

Social media providers are facing a blizzard of regulation and legal action over children and teenagers’ use of social media. Last December, Australia banned under-16s from logging in to major social ...

Whether reconnecting with old friends, sharing life's milestones with loved ones or networking among work colleagues, social media has become indispensable for many adults and can be both a convenient ...

Over the past two decades, social media has become an integral part of the adolescent experience. But this rising use is not without its consequences. From 2011 to 2021, there was a 50 percent ...

There are few contemporary behaviors more common—and at the same time more controversial—than social media. The vast majority of adolescents and adults use some type of social media regularly, with ...

The “smartphone-free childhood” debate has reached fever pitch in recent months, partly thanks to Jonathan Haidt’s new book The Anxious Generation, which talks about how childhood changed dramatically ...