Heavy use of smartphones, internet, and many social media platforms can have debilitating effects on our neural processing, ...

Experts warn parents against the damage social media can do to young people’s brains, from affecting memory to creating ...

Social media has grown rapidly over the past couple of decades, with some of the biggest players including Facebook, formed in 2004, and Twitter, started in 2006. In just the past 12 months, the ...

A persistent myth underpins this system: that social media is free. After all, there is no upfront payment, no monthly ...

PALERMO, Italy — Screen time isn’t the villain. New international research suggests parents have been fighting the wrong battle entirely. After following over 400 teenagers for seven months, ...

There may be a link between social media use during early adolescence and lower cognitive performance, a new study suggests. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, or ...

From posting hashtags to finding like-minded communities, social media has transformed where, when and how people engage with civic and political activities. This chapter uses survey data to explore ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to better understand teens’ use of digital devices, social media and other online platforms. For this analysis, we surveyed 1,316 U.S. teens. The survey was ...