Recent research shows that reducing social media use for at least one week can lower rates of anxiety, depression, and ...

Being bombarded with messages and images focusing on appearance and status is not new to this generation of young people. Indeed, decades of research demonstrate that exposure to narrow beauty ...

Ever since social media burst on the scene in the early 2000s, parents and health experts have worried about the potential impact on kids, particularly those in their early teens. Now researchers are ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Olivia Kanavati might think about social media more than she uses it. The 17-year-old from a Twin Cities suburb uses an app that tracks how many times a day she opens social media on ...

After images of the devastation left by Hurricane Helene started to spread online, so too did an image of a crying child holding a puppy on a boat. Some of the posts on X (formerly Twitter) showing ...

Michael Dezuanni receives funding from The Australian Research Council. Kim Osman and Lynrose Jane Genon do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization ...

Several of the largest and most established think tanks advocating for free-market principles continue to lead across major social media platforms. The digital landscape, however, is dynamic, and a ...