Psychology Today15h
How Does Social Media Contribute to Teen Mental Illness?
Low-quality information on social media may be contributing to a rise in teen mental illness. A new construct may help ...
The big thing missing in stories about teens and social media
Social media is bad for teens, right? That's a lot of what we hear. But a recent study examined voices missing from the ...
Psychology Today19h
Tweens, Social Media, and Cultural Learning
A sensitive period for social learning coincides with the age at which many children use social media and encounter ...
210 million people are now addicted to social media: This is how to detox from your phone
An estimated 210 million people suffer from social media addiction, which can result in mood swings, disrupted sleep, ...
Sokolove Law15d
Social Media Addiction Lawsuit
Sadly, children and adolescents are most affected by the harms of social media addiction — leading many young adults and families to file social media addiction lawsuits. In 2016, Facebook (Meta) ...
Daily Mail20d
Finally, a cure for screen addiction that's turning our teens into the basket case generation: Respected neuroscientist's solution offers hope for despairing parents
The problem is becoming so obvious that it's become a hot topic on TikTok itself, the very platform many blame for fuelling social media addiction among Gen Alpha (those aged 15 and below ...
Hindustan Times20d
Is social media addiction real? Study explores its effect on adolescents
The study was conducted on a diversity of adolescents within the age range of 11 to 15, and was observed that 67% of them are already managing a profile on TikTok. YouTube and Instagram come as ...
Firstpost21d
US TikTok users flock to another Chinese social media called RedNote over potential ban
TikTok creators have been sharing their experiences with the Chinese social media app, encouraging their followers to try it out. Image Credit: Reuters As the potential ban of TikTok in the US looms ...
studyfinds23d
Age 13 rule isn’t working — Most pre-teens already deep in social media
But according to new research, this age group is also marked by something more troubling: widespread social media addiction. The study of over 10,000 American youth reveals that most pre-teens are ...
Wall Street Journal28d
Social-Media Companies Decide Content Moderation Is Trending Down
Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images Social-media companies never wanted to aggressively police content on their platforms. Now, they are deciding they don’t have to anymore.
Frontiers29d
Social media addiction and borderline personality disorder: a survey study
The purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of social media addiction (SMA) among individuals with BPD and to explore whether it is related to aspects of disorder symptomology. Methods: ...
contemporarypediatrics1mon
Social media use and binge eating in early adolescence
Susan Carnell, PhD explains social media addiction symptoms, but not time on social media, were cross-sectionally and prospectively associated with binge eating. Susan Carnell, PhD, associate ...