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

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

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, ...

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, ...

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

A plethora of lawsuits, involving more than 1,800 plaintiffs, have been filed against social media companies, including ...

Social media design influences human behavior, and the Big Tech platforms use it to boost profits – and their owners’ ...

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