S ocial media can be tough to ignore these days. There is so much of it, and it’s so accessible, right there glowing on the ...

The addiction label for Instagram use is often misleading, reducing users' control and increasing self-blame, despite rare ...

Instagram users may overestimate the extent to which they are addicted to the platform, according to research conducted on 1,204 U.S. adults published in Scientific Reports. The findings suggest that ...

Too much screen time — particularly related to social media use in kids, teens and young adults — is a major concern in modern society. Smartphones are ...

Most people who think they’re “addicted” to social media actually have strong habits, not clinical addiction, says a new ...

A Jama Network Open study published Nov. 24 found that reducing social media usage was associated with better mental health ...

Research from USC suggests most people aren’t addicted to social media but acting out of habit, and mislabeling it may ...

Social media has become a political weapon. The Cambridge Analytica scandal exposed how personal Facebook data was weaponised ...

Social media addiction, characterized by excessive and compulsive use of social media platforms, has become a prevalent issue in today's society. Studies have shown that addictive behaviors related to ...

To find out if we are truly addicted, Ian Anderson from the California Institute of Technology and Wendy Wood from the University of Southern California surveyed 380 US Instagram users, of whom half ...