Drawing on Mandrake, Tennyson, Baudrillard and Jonathan Haidt, this essay examines how social media produces parallel selves, erodes attention, and reshapes childhood, ageing and public life—raising ...

The exploration of how social media impacts our day-to-day lives — including the dramatic effects on mental health — is perhaps just beginning to truly unfold. But particularly during this time of ...

Depression arises not only from direct stress exposure but also from complex disruptions in emotional processing, internal state regulation, and socially ...

Australia is the first country to take such sweeping action, but many countries, including the United States, are considering ...

In his pivotal book, The Anxious Generation, the author focuses on advice for parents whose children are at different stages ...

Social media and young people, young people and social media. As new platforms emerge and smartphones become near-ubiquitous, teenagers’ use of social media spirals out of control. According to ...

(NEXSTAR) – Parents across the country are stocking up on holiday gifts, but a new study from the journal Pediatrics suggests a new cellphone could have unintended, dangerous consequences for some ...

Social media reform advocate Nicki Petrossi joins 'America's Newsroom' to discuss a study finding increased social media use among children and teens can lead to a higher risk of depression, obesity, ...

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 idea of doing a "digital detox" – taking a set period of time away from smartphones, tablets and other screens in the name of mental health – has become popular in recent years. It's not the daily ...

Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was unclear how long the effects would last. By Ellen Barry Dialing down the use ...

A.I. search tools, chatbots and social media are associated with lower cognitive performance, studies say. What to do? Credit...Derek Abella Supported by By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...