Social media platforms are more than just tools for sharing cat videos or keeping up with friends—they're powerful influencers of public opinion. The algorithms that drive these platforms ...

Social media algorithms are complex sets of rules and calculations used by social media platforms to prioritize content in users’ feeds. They are like the invisible puppeteers behind the scenes, ...

To understand the impact of social media, we need to first understand its inner workings. This requires observing the content shared by users and the algorithms that control what content is ...

Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values and emotional states.Author Lisa Schirch Professor ...

Repeated exposure to distressing content on social media platforms is linked to secondary trauma, anxiety, and emotional ...

Why social media platforms will resist algorithmic choice. Princeton computer science professor Arvind Narayanan has extensively researched the impact of social media algorithms on society.He ...

Back then, Koziol was deep in the grips of an eating disorder that shattered her adolescence. Now, she’s suing the social ...

For years, experts have warned of the dangers and negative impacts social media can have on our minds. Those impacts are also ...

This article, the second part of "SOCMED 101," delves into how Facebook algorithms and "post bumping" contribute to the ...

Social media algorithms have become a crucial part of our daily lives, helping us discover new content, connect with people and businesses, and share our own content with a wider audience.