New Pew data shows nearly half of the 1,400 teens surveyed believe social media is harmful to their generation.

With the increasing strategies social media companies take to encourage mindless scrolling and keep consumers on their apps, ...

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Is your house something less than Pinterest perfect? Whose isn't. Social media has fed a phenomenon called house shame.

Poor dietary habits in adolescence—lots of sweets, sugary drinks or skipping breakfast—is directly linked to overusing social ...

Drug dealers are exposing young people to ketamine on social media, warns a Burnley addiction recovery group. Ketamine Education Services helps prevent young people from trying the substance and ...

That the younger generation has become increasingly addicted to social media and the internet is nothing new. But it does prompt deeper reflection when the problem continues to worsen, as shown in ...

that social media is vaguely bad, that it’s invading kids’ lives, that it’s leading to addiction or too much screen time. As we got into the cases and we met the families that the Social ...

Abstract: Web-based networking significantly influences daily interactions and user well-being. This study analyzes social media addiction and depression models that incorporate distribution delays to ...

For its proponents, however, the law is a critical first step toward checking social media’s toxic influence on children.

Investopedia / Paige McLaughlin Social media marketing (also known as digital marketing and e-marketing) is the use of social media—the platforms on which users build social networks and share ...

School districts have been dealing with the results of social media addiction, Fraissinet said, including having to hire additional mental health staff, facing bullying and discipline issues and ...