However, 61 percent also felt that social media helps parents keep track of teens. The survey found that 55 percent of parents read their teens texts or social media pages to learn more information if their teen was invited to a boy-girl party at the home of an unfamiliar family. …

As the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica saga unfolds, how did social media become such a threat to democracy? John Kennedy investigates. “Asleep or awake, working or eating, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or in bed — no escape, Big Brother is watching you,” George Orwell wrote … Read …

He recently told an audience at Stanford Graduate School of Business that people needed to take a “hard break” from social media. His criticisms were not only aimed at Facebook. He included the wider online ecosystem and said, “The short-term, dopamine-driven feedback loops we've created are … Read More

Social media use may have different effects on wellbeing in adolescent boys and girls, according to research published in the open access journal BMC Public Health. Researchers at the University of Essex and UCL found an association between increased time spent on social media in early … Read More

The authors found that adolescent girls used social media more than boys and social media interaction increased with age for both boys and girls. At age 13, about a half of girls were interacting on social media for more than 1 hour per day, compared to just one third of …

For tweens and early teens, the rise in time spent on Snapchat, WhatsApp, Instagram and other social media is really quite dramatic. Culture minister Matt Hancock recently suggested the government could impose limits on the amount of time children spend on social media. In February, the House of … Read More

Well it's going to be able to get peoples personal data from a social network. Maybe this happened, maybe it didn't. The question might be though, is that actually happening or is this leveraging a little bit of what's happening in order to create a political story that has political …

But boys who spent lengthy periods using social media did not suffer, researchers at the University of Essex and University College London say. While lads do become unhappier in their teens, experts believe this is probably due to computer games. Half of girls and a third of boys are online …

The above figures were generated using a simple method to compare social media performance, focusing on engagement over a specific time rather than just measuring success in follower numbers. We believe engagement – someone taking an action because of your activity – is the true measure of … Read More

It can be difficult to imagine a modern business or professional which does not somehow represent itself through social media. Multiple businesses and professionals take advantage of social media platforms to promote their brands, connect with consumers and remain relevant in an increasingly … Read More