Pew Research Center conducted this study to understand teens’ experiences and attitudes around teen mental health and social media. Part of this study also examines parents’ perspectives. The Center ...

Social media has plenty of benefits, from allowing us to stay in touch with more people to increasing information access and ...

Social media's effects on the mental health of young people are not well understood. That hasn't stopped Congress, state legislatures, and the U.S. surgeon general from moving ahead with age bans and ...

Global push to restrict kids’ social media use accelerates as nations roll out bans and strict age‑verification rules.

Social media plays a factor in mental health as it is designed to make people's brains focus on negativity, Dr. Mark Beecher explains. Students opened up about their experience with social media and ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - As social media continues to gain popularity among children and teens, concerns surrounding its impact on mental health are rising. In 2023, former Surgeon General Vivek ...

Social media is here to stay. In the U.S., 95% of teens use at least one social media platform. And according to a 2023 Pew Research Center survey, over half of teens admit that it’d be very difficult ...

Young people with a diagnosable mental health condition report differences in their experiences of social media compared to those without a condition, including greater dissatisfaction with online ...

One in five U.S. teens say social media has negatively impacted their mental health and nearly half say it has a mostly negative impact on kids their age. A Pew Research Center report published ...

Longstanding concerns exist about excessive social media use causing mental health problems. The best evidence for this view comes from longitudinal studies showing that earlier social media use leads ...

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in social media use. According to the Pew Research Center, 72% of Americans in the U.S. use social media. While social media offers a way to stay ...

We hear a lot about how social media is terrible for teenagers’ mental health. A growing number of laws and lawsuits point the finger at social media companies as playing a major role in driving the ...