As social media becomes a central part of young people's lives, concerns are growing about its impact on their mental health.

About this research This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today.

Professor Matt Hoffmann and grad student Matthew Nguyen have analyzed the newest findings in a multiyear study of about ...

Countries around the world are moving to restrict children’s access to social media, led by Australia’s landmark law banning ...

Whether social media connects us or leaves us feeling isolated depends on how we use it, according to new research from The ...

In the era of smartphones and affordable internet access, logging-on to social media has emerged as one of the integral routines in the lives of pre-adolescent kids, who are also known as tweens.

Social media is here to stay. In the U.S., 95% of teens use at least one social media platform. And according to a 2023 Pew Research Center survey, over half of teens admit that it’d be very difficult ...

As lawmakers, regulators call for social media companies to do more to protect the mental health of their youngest users, teens’ perception of social media also seems to be changing. A growing number ...

New research from the University of Oxford Wellbeing Research Centre finds that heavy social media use is linked to lower ...

It’s been half a decade since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ways in which quarantine reshaped the world have become increasingly more evident. People think differently, socialize ...