Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Data from a large, ongoing study of adolescents shows a link between increasing social media use and lower cognition and ...

Massive liability: Social media may face the same fate as big tobacco

Social media platforms have exploited our ancient wiring for conflict and alarm to create addictive outrage, leading to ...

Soccer-Social media platforms 'havens for abuse' say English soccer bodies

English soccer's governing bodies said on Thursday that the Twitter, Facebook and Instagram platforms were "havens for abuse" and urged the social media companies to tackle the problem in the wake of ...
Poynter

Americans turn to social media and video for news more than any other source

Social media and video networks have overtaken television to become the most widely used source of news among Americans, according to a new Reuters Institute report. In a survey conducted at the end ...

EXCLUSIVE: After meet with PM Modi, top bureaucrats told to develop desi digital, social media platforms

Sources told this newspaper that the directive was among “28 points” that resulted from the meeting held in Delhi on October ...

Smriti Irani shares video of a woman from village making videos on social media on English: Watch

Actor-turned-politician Smriti Irani recently re-shared a touching video that underlined the immense reach and impact of social media.
New Scientist

The word ‘bot’ is increasingly being used as an insult on social media

Calling someone a bot on social media once meant you suspected they were actually a piece of software, but now the use of the word is shifting to become an insult to someone you know is human, say ...