Cultivating Presence in a Distracted World, Cody Cook-Parrott details a highly relatable addiction to social media ...

The nonprofit that oversees Wikipedia briefly enforced a 'read-only' mode on Thursday morning as users spotted code designed to delete articles and place Russian text in the edit summary.

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".

In the contemporary digital landscape, algorithmic feeds deliver constant novelty and micro-rewards that captivate attention while subtly undermining deeper mental processes. Platforms engineered for ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

As Gen Zers push back against the hyper-connected lifestyles that have defined their adolescence, a new tech minimalism trend is taking shape—not through a return to analog that has also gained ...

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 ...