This article explains how social media influences mood, sleep and stress, with practical tips for mindful use and support.

Thousands of X users have taken to other social media platforms and DownDetector to lament they are unable to access their ...

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 ...

Have you ever scrolled through social media and instantly formed an opinion about someone based on a single post or comment?

The world would be a better place without social media. I’m not talking about teenage suicide. This is not meant to channel the fury of Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham (S.C.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) at ...

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, ...

Yes, social media poses many challenges. They are designed to keep us hooked and release the neurotransmitter dopamine that makes us spend way more time on it then we intended to. And yes, ...