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

Juries in two big cases have affirmed what research is finding: The design of social media platforms is particularly compelling and hard to resist for kids. There are growing calls to change it.

Social media marketing (SMM) is the use of social media platforms to interact with customers to build brands, increase sales, ...

Spending time on digital media, particularly social media, tends to be consistently linked with poorer developmental outcomes in children and teens. A massive review of existing research suggests that ...

Is social media addiction real? A new study explores the brain changes and psychological impacts of excessive use following a landmark $6 million California court ruling.

The Massachusetts House on Wednesday passed a bill restricting social media use for children and banning student cellphone ...

Artificial intelligence is already blurring how we think about what is real, even when we know the truth. A recent study at UC Davis had AI chatbots send messages to people’s phones to remind them to ...

While dodgy data and tech-savvy children have many doubting if the ban is working, experts say success is about more than ...

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 ...