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How A.I. and Social Media Contribute to ‘Brain Rot’

A.I. search tools, chatbots and social media are associated with lower cognitive performance, studies say. What to do? Read More

How To Help Your Teen Use Social Media Safely

Allowing your teen on social media can feel scary. Here's how experts say parents can make the experience safer for them. Read More

Kids Who Use Social Media Are Falling Behind On These Two Vital Skills, Finds Study

But even the lowest users of social media, kids who used it just a single hour a day or less, still scored lower, too, by an average of 1 to 2 points, according to one of the study's authors, Dr. Read More

What your teenage son is really seeing on social media, according to new survey

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was published ... Read More

How Americans’ trust in information from news organizations and social media sites has changed over time

Overall, 56% of U.S. adults now say they have a lot of or some trust in the information they get from national news organizations – down 11 percentage points since March 2025. Read More

Social media surveillance is ubiquitous, according to research literature review

A review in the International Journal of Smart Technology and Learning discusses the research literature on social media surveillance. It highlights how the practice has become a central feature of ... Read More

What your teenage son is really seeing on social media, according to new survey

CNN’s Don Riddell and Fredricka Whitfield discuss what it was like for each of them to raise teenage boys. If your adolescent son is online, he’s almost certainly seeing content that promotes ... Read More