News doesn’t just inform; it affects how we feel. What are the psychological trade-offs of consuming news on social media?

Heavy use of smartphones, internet, and many social media platforms can have debilitating effects on our neural processing, ...

In today's digital landscape, social media has become an indispensable tool for communication, transforming the way we interact, share, and access information. This means that the digital age has ...

For years, the narrative surrounding teenagers’ use of digital technology has been one of alarm. Time spent scrolling through ...

Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand teens’ experiences and attitudes around teen mental health and social media. Part of this study also examines parents’ perspectives. The Center ...

One in five U.S. teens say social media has negatively impacted their mental health and nearly half say it has a mostly negative impact on kids their age. A Pew Research Center report published ...

Details of the study were announced as the government said it would consult over a possible social media ban for under-16s in ...

Most teenagers have 24/7 access to a popular drug. They are high off it for hours a day and carry it in their pockets everywhere they go. The drug? Social media. From making calls to getting ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. People using their phones on public transport illustrated with social media graphics. - Rawpixel.com // Shutterstock The study ...

Australia is pulling the plug on its teens’ social media habits. The country enacted the world’s first ban on social media for children under 16 this week, threatening tech giants with ...

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Many of us spend hours scrolling through social media every day. But have you ever stopped to think about the impact it has on our mental health? According to Cleveland Clinic’s Susan Albers, PsyD, ...