HOUSTON — A study of adolescents has revealed significant interactions between sleep duration, social media use, and brain activity across frontolimbic regions crucial for executive control and reward ...

The study provides some of the first findings on the long-term effects and consequences of social media usage on the development of adolescent brains. Researchers at the University of North Carolina ...

Advocates and parents have raised concerns about the potential health effects of social media on teens and children for years. A new study carried out in rural North Carolina shows habitually checking ...

The average teenager now spends approximately nine hours daily consuming digital media, with social platforms accounting for about one third of that time. This unprecedented level of connectivity ...

In one of the first long-term studies on adolescent neural development and technology use, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill report adolescents' habitual checking of ...

Social media use can be harmful. The effects are troubling and well-documented, from tragic stories of adolescent life lost to academic research on the psychological harm such platforms can cause, ...

If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing or texting 9-8-8. "Our brains, our bodies, and our society have been evolving together to ...

The use of social media has become a major feature of our daily existence and we constantly need to examine its impact and understand how to better maximize the opportunities offered by the various ...

Teaching social media marketing presents unique challenges, according to lead author Nicole Beachum, Ph.D., assistant professor in the UAB Department of Marketing, Industrial Distribution and ...