Social MediaApr 8, 2025
Proposed WA tax on social media platforms would fund support for youth behavioral health
State lawmakers are considering a new tax on social media platforms to help fund behavioral health care for Washington youth.
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Social Media Psychologist News
Current reporting, research and professional developments across Social Media, curated for psychologists and behavioral-health professionals.
Social MediaMar 9, 2025
Online Safety When Considering Self-Harm and Suicide-Related Content: Qualitative Focus Group Study With Young People, Policy Makers, and Social Media Industry Professionals
Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (3115) Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (2652) Public (e)Health, Digital Epidemiology ...
Social MediaFeb 28, 2025
Physical Activity and Screen Time Impact on Mental Health
Physical activity and screen time represent two sides of the lifestyle continuum that profoundly influence mental health.
Social MediaDec 13, 2024
The Impact Of Social Media On The Relationships Of Young Adults
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Eric Wood writes about college mental health and ...
Social MediaNov 13, 2024
Screen Time and Mental Health in Kids
If you are reading this, you are probably using a screen. Brightly lit screens inform our day, help us interact with family and ...
Social MediaSep 19, 2024
Social media stethoscope: unraveling how doctors’ social media behavior affects patient adherence and treatment outcome
By analyzing how doctors’ behavior on social media affects patient health behaviors and treatment outcomes, this study contributes to revealing the potential impact of social media interactions on ...
Social MediaSep 15, 2024
Social Media And How It Could Affect Developing Brains
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public ...
Social MediaSep 14, 2024
Gen Z's Favourite Social Media Platforms As Per Data From Pew Research Center
YouTube leads the pack among social media platforms for Gen Z. Social media has become an essential part of daily life.
Social MediaSep 9, 2024
Social media is like sex – young people need education, not unrealistic bans
The federal government has committed to a national plan to ban children from social media. Details are still scarce. Prime ...
Social MediaSep 8, 2024
Fake news, social media, and "The Death of Truth"
We live in an age of alternate facts. More and more Americans are getting their information almost entirely from outlets that ...
Social MediaAug 13, 2024
Cyberbullying still happening
KLANG: As the government initiates efforts to introduce new measures to curb cyberbullying, the issue remains prevalent on social ...
Social MediaAug 12, 2024
Cyberbullying among young people: Laws and policies in selected Member States
There is no commonly agreed definition of cyberbullying in Europe or at international level. According to UNICEF ...
Social MediaJul 6, 2024
Social Media: Friend Or Foe For Business Growth In 2024?
In the digital age, the question of whether social media is essential for building a successful business has become a hot topic ...
Social MediaJul 2, 2024
Banning social media for under‑16s won’t help – teaching digital media literacy will
The astounding rise in social media use in the past few years is seeing policy responses come to a head, both internationally and ...
Social MediaMay 8, 2024
Is Social Media Good for Relationships?
Social media has a dominant presence across the globe—and has forever changed the landscape of human interaction, providing ...
Social MediaApr 1, 2024
A novel approach toward cyberbullying with intelligent recommendations using deep learning based blockchain solution
Integrating healthcare into traffic accident prevention through predictive modeling holds immense potential. Decentralized ...
Social MediaMar 14, 2024
Social media is addictive by design. We must act to protect our kids' mental health.
As state attorneys general, we have two primary duties: defending our states’ laws and interests, and protecting the rights and ...
Social MediaFeb 29, 2024
The Influence Of Media Psychology On Advertising
Advertising has long been influenced by the principles of psychology. With the application of the discipline of media psychology ...
Social MediaFeb 12, 2024
Freedom of Thought, Social Media and the Teen Brain
Social media offers spaces where young people can socialize, learn and play, but these digitally mediated environments also ...
Social MediaFeb 9, 2024
Cyberbullying: Research Challenges and Opportunities
Abstract: Cyberbullying presents a profound and pressing challenge in our society today, particularly in the context of the ...
Social MediaJan 30, 2024
School District Lawsuits Against Social Media Companies Are Piling Up
More than 200 school districts have now sued the major social media companies over the youth mental health crisis. What started ...
Social MediaJan 20, 2024
Misuse of social media worsening adolescent mental health, says psychologist
GLOBAL statistics indicate that between 10 to 20 per cent of adolescents face mental health hurdles with anxiety, depression and ...
Social MediaDec 7, 2023
Are phones making teenagers depressed?
What effect does growing up in the age of smartphones and social media have on kids' mental health? Turns out, it's not so easy ...
Social MediaOct 22, 2023
Ensemble Learning With Tournament Selected Glowworm Swarm Optimization Algorithm for Cyberbullying Detection on Social Media
Abstract: Online social network (OSN) plays a crucial role to facilitate social connections; but, this social networking media ...
Social MediaSep 21, 2023
The Roles of Social Media in Education: Affective, Behavioral, and Cognitive Dimensions
Advance in technology has stimulated the use of social media, a means of Internet-based technologies, in education. A large body ...
Social MediaAug 21, 2023
Social media algorithms warp how people learn from each other, research shows
People’s daily interactions with online algorithms affect how they learn from others, with negative consequences including ...
Social MediaAug 1, 2023
Social media can in fact be made better: Research shows it is possible to reward users for sharing accurate information instead of misinformation
Is social media designed to reward people for acting badly? The answer is clearly yes, given that the reward structure on social ...
Social MediaJul 31, 2023
The Digital Dagger: The Destructive Impact of Cyberbullying
On January 24, 2022, a Chinese 15-year-old named Liu Xuezhou tragically took his own life by overdosing on antidepressants beside ...
Social MediaJun 13, 2023
No One Knows Exactly What Social Media Is Doing to Teens
Late last month, the U.S. surgeon general issued an advisory—a format reserved for public-health issues that demand the nation ...
Social MediaJun 7, 2023
Life on Social Media Platforms, in Users’ Own Words
Behind each sweeping exploration of the role social media plays in society stand the unique stories of Americans and their online ...