The bestselling author says social media is useful for communication, but it is not the same thing as real connection.

Social stress is the tension people feel when their social environment becomes uncertain, demanding, or conflicted. It goes beyond personal anxiety, reflecting how communities collectively react to ...

Social media presents worrisome opportunities for some of us to create toxic, monstrous versions of ourselves.

Democrats have spent the last several years failing to learn that social media is not real life. Republicans are in the same boat, though, and the sooner that they recognize that, the sooner they can ...

Last fall, we featured an extensive interview with Petter Törnberg of the University of Amsterdam, who studies the underlying mechanisms of social media that give rise to its worst aspects: the ...

Two years ago, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, called for warning labels on social media platforms, citing concerns about the potential mental health risks associated with heavy use, especially ...

Social media is a battlefield of emotions, fears, and societal pressure. Photoschmidt/Getty Images All this time on social media shapes people’s perceptions, influences emotions and fuels anxieties, ...