A new Australian study links two or more hours of daily social media use in early adolescence with poorer mental health outcomes one year later.

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, ...

In the early 2000s, social media was a baby. Cut to now: Statista (2023) predicts there should be around six billion social media users worldwide by 2027. While such rapid growth makes it difficult ...

Is social media harming my well-being? This is a question I often ask myself, wondering if I should keep using it or take a deliberate break from it. As someone who follows the science of well-being, ...

Growing intolerance? Blame social media. Religious and ideological extremism? Blame social media. Lower attention span? Blame social media. I was the one at the dinner party talking about how I’d ...

Closing arguments began Thursday in a landmark trial that put online behavior under a microscope. In many ways, it has already been decided. Credit...Hokyoung Kim Supported by By David Streitfeld ...

Katharine Paljug is a financial writer and editor with over a decade of industry experience. Her writing has covered nearly every aspect of the financial world, from investing in forex to paying for ...

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