Current reporting, research and professional developments across Social Media, curated for psychologists and behavioral-health professionals.
In a federal trial beginning Tuesday in Oakland, California, the Instagram and Facebook parent company is fighting claims that it has contributed to the youth mental health crisis by deliberately ...
Twenty-nine US states are seeking huge damages, claiming Meta’s platforms were addictive by design ...
The Aussie experiment comes amid a lack of clear evidence that the apps harm most adolescents. It may take a dramatic research pivot to finally reveal what’s going on and how to fix it.
How much screen time is too much? As students head back to the classroom, many parents and educators are asking that question — how to prevent harmful use of screen ...
Middle-aged and older adults likely remember bullying as confined to school corridors or playgrounds. For today’s adolescents, however, bullying ...
Conclusions: Daily digital screen time shows a nonlinear association with preschool children’s mental health outcomes. Reducing weekday screen exposure and optimizing parental discipline represent ...
Insomniac director James Stevenson warns of social media hate directed at Marvel's Wolverine. The algorithm is endangering the developers' mental health.
A study of 2,540 university students found average daily social media use of three hours and 28 minutes. Saudi university students spend an average of three hours and 28 minutes a day on social media, ...
Smartphones and social media have become deeply embedded in the lives of young people, and two Cheyenne youth mental health professionals say communities need to take a closer look at how ...
“Lucky girl syndrome” was a TikTok trend involving the repeated mental affirmation that one is the luckiest person alive in ...
Montgomery County on Tuesday sued some of the nation’s largest social media companies in a Northern California federal court, joining nearly 3,000 actions from parents, school districts, cities, ...
The Seattle Times’ Mental Health Project covers mental and behavioral health issues. It is funded by Ballmer Group. The Seattle ...
A review article published in the journal Humanities and Social Sciences Communications provides a comprehensive insight into the ...
Social media can shape young people’s mental health in different ways. A new review explores its potential benefits, risks, and ...
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa. – Just one day after Pennsylvania's attorney general sued TikTok, lawmakers are taking social media to court. Montgomery County is suing multiple social media companies, ...
A person can make one mistake in front of twenty people and survive the embarrassment. Make that same mistake in front of a ...
Researchers found associations between problematic social-media use and anxiety, depression, loneliness, cyberbullying, poor sleep and unhealthy alcohol consumption.
How bots and generated content might make social media more — not less — attention-grabbing in the age of digital media.
A U.S. Appeals court just dealt Meta a big blow in the company’s long fight against social media addiction lawsuits. The 9th U ...
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Scrolling social media for an hour daily may not be excessive for a young person, but if that time is spent obsessively checking for likes and withdrawing from ...
Parents and schools are also urged to help youth reflect on their social media use, said experts. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Cyberbullying often hides inside jokes, group chats and AI deepfakes. These 15 tips help parents and grandparents start the conversation early.
Parents and schools are also urged to help youth reflect on their social media use, said experts. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The poll, which was conducted over the six days ending August 3, comes as companies like Meta Platforms and Google's YouTube face mounting legal pressure over their treatment of young users. A trial ...
Screen time can make the brain feel strangely “full” even when the body has barely moved. From morning scrolling to late-night videos, constant digital stimulation can crowd out sleep, movement and ...
In New Delhi, the University of Delhi has instructed its colleges and departments to adhere to guidelines regarding employee conduct and social media.
Children often use their own smartphones while juggling schoolwork and family life. But going online too early may carry a hidden cost for their learning, reports The Guardian. The early cost Pupils ...
Psychologist Dr Sasha Hall has issued a warning over 'IBFS' friends as 'friendship bombing' goes viral on social media.
"It's very complicated, the relationship between social media use and mental health," Domoff said. Some teens run into harmful social comparison or triggering content. Others build friendships, share ...
Attorneys for Meta and other companies have argued that because social media addiction has not been formally recognized by the medical community, they cannot be held liable when sued over it. But the ...
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