Social media, not gaming, tied to rising attention problems in teens, new study finds

The digital revolution has become a vast, unplanned experiment—and children are its most exposed participants. As ADHD ...
Psychology Today

Social Media as a Cause of Mental Health Problems

Longstanding concerns exist about excessive social media use causing mental health problems. The best evidence for this view comes from longitudinal studies showing that earlier social media use leads ...

How Social Media Is Redefining Power In The C-Suite

Social media power has become a leadership infrastructure—reshaping power, authority, and clarity inside organizations faster ...
Daily Journal

Clark-Pleasant, Greenwood schools join litigation against social media companies

Four of the six public school districts have joined national litigation against major social media companies. Greenwood and ...
The Economist

The end of the social network

Editor’s note, February 2nd 2024: This article was updated after Meta announced earnings results for 2023. Facebook may be turning 20 on February 4th, but it is just as much of a magnet for ...
The Diplomat

Banning TikTok Won’t Solve the US Social Media Problem

While the Biden administration seeks to aggressively regulate TikTok, it has given up attempting to control disinformation on domestic social media companies. TikTok, Biden, and the Future of Social ...
Psychology Today

Social Media and the Rise of Mental Health Problems

Much has been said about rises in mental health problems reported by younger people over the past 20 years. It is estimated that the prevalence of anxiety for 18-to-25-year-olds was about 8% in 2008, ...