Beyond broad reach and low barriers to entry, platforms like Instagram and TikTok provide access to rich performance data that most early-stage companies ...

Breaking up is hard to do—harder yet when there’s a deactivation period. Here’s how to log off every big social site, including Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, X, Threads, Bluesky, and Truth Social.

When you scroll through your favorite social media app, the posts often feel oddly personal, like the platform knows exactly what you want to see. But that experience isn't random. It's shaped by ...

If you’re a small business owner and you’re not using social media, I’ll be blunt: You don’t have a business; you have a ...

The use of social media is contributing to declining attention spans, emotional volatility, and compulsive behaviors among ...

TikTok, Instagram, and X posts are familiar sights in text conversations, news articles, and even Slack messages. Soon, ...

EU researchers are shedding light on how digital media use is impacting teenagers and what parents, teachers and policymakers ...

A new book argues that social media does more harm than good and we might be happier and healthier using it less.

Researchers found that as preteens used more social media, their depressive symptoms increased. Yet the reverse wasn’t true — a rise in depressive symptoms didn’t predict a later increase in social ...

Adolescents with mental health conditions spend more time on social media and engage differently online than their mentally healthy peers, particularly in social comparison and emotional ...

This paper investigates exposure and adoption of social media users to ten social dimensions during the initial phase of the Ukrainian war. To this end, we analyze a dataset including over 189 million ...