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American families divided on technology impacts but united in protecting kids

Latest American Family Survey explores how smartphones, AI, social media and more are impacting families across the country. Read More

Banning Social Media

Some lawmakers and schools are resorting to tech bans. Read More

Parasocial Relationships Impact Adolescent Identity and Mental Health

Effects of social media on adolescents' mental health are affected by media influences and social media through parasocial relationships. Read More

Balancing the Scroll: How Students Can Use Social Media for Good

BY: ROBERT MCCALL, OPINION WRITER In students’ lives today, social media plays a major role in shaping how we make decisions, communicate, and structure our daily routines. Many people think ... Read More

The pros and cons of social media

Building connections, revolutionizing news and expanding horizons vs. concerns around mental health, fake news and privacy ... Read More

UW research resumes on social media effects after funds frozen

Funding for a long-term study on the effects of social media on 325 Wisconsin teenagers aged 13-15 resumed on Monday after funding for the study was frozen by the Trump administration in March of this ... Read More

15 Signs Social Media Is Taking Over Our Lives

Social media has become key to our daily routines in our hyper-connected world. Whether for work or leisure, we spend endless hours scrolling through our feeds, liking posts, and sharing content. But ... Read More

Tales of families torn apart by social media\xa0addiction

In this report, CHIJIOKE IREMEKA exposes how social media addiction tears real-life relationships apart, weakens human connection, and contributes to rising rates of loneliness, anxiety, depression, ... Read More

Journalists are souring on social media platforms, an analysis of 11 years of Nieman Lab predictions suggests

While these predictions suggest that the journalistic community’s enthusiasm for social media platforms has waned over time, there has been no such change in the perceptions of the people actually ... Read More

The hidden impact of social media in the workplace

If you like checking social media at work, all that scrolling could have a surprising impact long after you put down the phone. A Rutgers-led study, published in the Journal of Organizational Behavior ... Read More

‘Vile’, ‘corrosive’, ‘toxic’ … and unquittable. Colorado’s members of Congress on how social media impacts their work and American society

In the wake of the assassination of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, one thing many in Colorado’s congressional delegation agree on is that social media isn’t helping the current political discourse. Read More