The government is currently considering an Australian-style social media ban for under-16s in the UK, and has highlighted infinite scrolling as a feature which "drives addictive or compulsive use".

A Chrome vulnerability allowed malicious extensions to hijack the browser’s Gemini Live assistant to spy on users and ...

Abstract: This study presents the first comprehensive systematic literature review examining the patterns and trends of social media use among Asian scholars for scholarly communication and the ...

As a teacher librarian, I am alarmed by record-low reading scores across the country. I’m also challenged to find ways to engage a generation of students accustomed to nonstop entertainment beaming ...

Graduate of Sam Houston State University -- Class of 2011 B.A. in History, minored in Political Science I have lived in the Houston TX area my whole life; love the winters...hate the summers. I have ...

New research suggests passive phone scrolling late at night may be an early warning sign of worsening mental health. Passively watching videos is linked to higher suicidal thoughts, while actively ...

You grab your phone, thinking it’ll just be for a minute. But that minute quickly turns into an hour of scrolling through headlines, TikToks, and Instagram reels. Before you know it, you feel drained, ...

Dear Annie: I am starting to feel like my whole life is lived through a screen, and I am ashamed to admit how much control my phone seems to have over me. I am 42 and married, with two kids in middle ...

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Instagram users may overestimate the extent to which they are addicted to the platform, according to research conducted on 1,204 US adults published in Scientific Reports. The findings suggest that ...

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Flame U chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus. We’ve all been there: it’s 2 AM, you’re on your third hour of ...