Social networks outsmart cognitive biases: How herding in networks makes populations more rational

In 2010, the New York City-based restaurant Serendipity 3 revealed its $69 hot dog, winning the Guinness World Record for the ...
Futurism

Scientists Created an Entire Social Network Where Every User Is a Bot, and Something Wild Happened

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Psychology Today

Social Media as a Cause of Mental Health Problems

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 ...
EurekAlert!

Youth-led book on social media and mental health highlights a complex mix of harms and supports

A new book titled SocialsVoice shines a light on the relationship between social media content and mental health from the perspective of Latino youth—a group that engages with social media across ...

Social media bans for teenagers lack evidence and pose risks, scientists say

Bans on teenagers' social media use are gathering pace worldwide. Their proponents claim that social media bans will improve ...
NPR

A short social media detox improves mental health, a study shows. Here's how to do it

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 ...
New Scientist

Social media is dead – here’s what comes next

One of the not-funny ironies of the 21st century has been that everything we thought was social media is actually just mass media, except it’s terrible and broken. Luckily, journalists and creators ...