Social Media News Do Smartphones And Social Media Really Harm Teens’ Mental Health

This is your teen’s brain on phones, social media, according to science

For years, the debate over teens and screens has been defined by uncertainty. Parents, teachers, doctors and policymakers have argued over whether phones and social media were truly harming young ... Read More

The mental health impact of social media on teens

In 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released an advisory titled Social Media and Youth Mental Health, which provides compelling evidence that social media harms mental health. Between ages 10 ... Read More

Ban Social Media for Teens?

Banning social media for teens sounds like a fix, but it’s not. Here’s why real solutions need to include more than bans to protect youth mental health. Read More

Reducing social media use for just a week can improve mental health

In a new study, published in JAMA Network Open, 295 participants report promising mental health benefits after reducing their social media usage for a week. The cohort consisted of young adults from ... Read More

A short social media detox improves mental health, a study shows. Here's how to do it

If you have ever sworn off social media for a week or two because you sensed it was feeding your anxiety or dampening your mood, you may be on to something. A new study out last week in JAMA Network ... Read More

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ... Read More

Teens, Screens, and the Unfolding Mental Health Crisis

Timothy Goeglein is vice president of government and external relations at Focus on the Family. He is the author (with Craig Osten) of "American Restoration: How Faith, Family, and Personal Sacrifice ... Read More

Australia ban offers test on social media harm

Australia's under-16 social media ban will make the nation a real-life laboratory on how best to tackle the technology's impact on young people, experts say. Those in favor of the world-first December ... Read More

Should Teens Be Banned From Social Media?

Recent years have seen alarming increases in youth self-harm and suicidal thoughts. Parents, educators, and mental health experts are naturally concerned, and many blame social media. Governments have ... Read More

The Rise of the Smartphone and the Fall of Western Democracy

Mr. Edsall contributes a weekly column from Washington, D.C., on politics, demographics and inequality. At a recent conference in Spain on polarization, Avila Kilmurray, a key player in the Northern ... Read More