Heavy use of smartphones, internet, and many social media platforms can have debilitating effects on our neural processing, ...

Teens spent an average of about five hours on their smartphones per day, nearly two hours of which was spent on social media.

Today, most Americans subscribe to home broadband internet and own a smartphone, while about four-in-ten say they're online ...

US high schoolers between the ages of 13 and 18 spend more than an hour per day on phones during school hours, according to ...

The study found that teens spent most of their time on social media apps, with Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat at the top in ...

University of California, San Francisco investigators measured smartphone app activity during school hours among US ...

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Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was published ...

People are using smartphones now more than ever — but are these tools hurting us more than helping us? According to the Pew Research Center, 91% of Americans own a smartphone. While they offer ...

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Most people use their phones for texting, social media, and photos — the obvious stuff. But smartphones have dozens of ...