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The average American spends nearly 2½ hours per day on social media, and that number more than doubles for teens, studies have shown. For many people, the reliance on social media can feel much like ...

In case parents needed another reason to police their children's screen time, new research shows that social media use is hurting preteens' memory and reading skills.

Given the explosion of social media, and especially platforms that support short, entertaining, and variably informative video clips—posted by an array of influencers ranging from conscientious ...

The American Psychological Association released a set of 10 recommendations for adolescents’ use of social media Tuesday, including training them in media literacy and limiting screen time so it does ...

This is the second of two posts devoted to the contentious issue of social media use by teens. Some researchers have reported negative correlations between social media use and indices of mental ...

Numerous medical studies in recent years have drawn correlations between the increased use of social media and mental health issues developing in youth. Members of the Hancock County Board of ...

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"This study found that even low levels of social media use were associated with poorer cognitive outcomes," said lead researcher Dr. Jason Nagata, an associate professor of pediatrics at the ...