The below piece is the winning high school essay in the Network of Enlightened Women’s 2025 essay contest. One of the biggest problems with social media is how it’s destroying attention spans. We’ve ...

Editor’s note: This story was updated Jan. 27 to reflect the status of Defense Department school social media communications. The Department of Defense issued a global pause on all official social ...

I remember getting ready for college back in 2005. It was just when Facebook started opening up outside of a small number of colleges and letting anyone with a college email create an account. That's ...

The spread of conspiracy theories, anti-elite attitudes and other beliefs often deemed corrosive to democratic health is common across virtually all social media. But according to a recent paper ...

It is nearly impossible to live a life free of social media influence. It's free and entertaining, and almost everyone on the planet is participating. From Pinterest boards to TikTok dances to ...

About this research This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today. It focuses on social media and how the views ...

National Social Media Day, observed annually on June 30th, serves as a celebration of the profound impact social media has on our lives and society at large. As platforms like Facebook, Twitter, ...

I noticed the compulsive behaviors first. The way, at any pause or break in my day, my finger clicked the Instagram or X app on my phone, seemingly without my consent. Eating a snack? Click. Sitting ...