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

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

This week, Mad in America examines research around increased suicide risk in children and adolescents related to bullying in ...

A trial will finally reveal whether limiting the time teens spend on social media really does affect their mental health ...

Study Shows Blaming Instagram And Snapchat For Teen Anxiety May Be Oversimplified In A Nutshell Study Size: 25,629 ...

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

Short-term breaks from social media could significantly improve youth mental health, but they don’t necessarily reduce overall screen time, suggests a new study published in the Journal of the ...

A new long-term study challenges fears around teen screen time, showing social media hours alone don’t cause mental health ...

If you have ever sworn off social media for a week or two because you sensed it was feeding your anxiety or dampening your mood, you may be on to something. A new study out last week in JAMA Network ...

The trial starts soon in New Mexico’s case against Meta—and the company is pulling out all the stops to protect its ...

A major new study from the University of Manchester suggests that social media and video games are unlikely to cause mental ...

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 ...