Nine-in-ten U.S. teens say they use YouTube. Majorities also use TikTok (63%), Instagram (61%) and Snapchat (55%).

Optimizing designs for user engagement undermines mental health and society. Social media sites favor hype and scandal over ...

To do so, social media seeks to minimize what is known as entropy, which is basically equivalent to minimizing information. Austrian physicist Ludwig Boltzmann was the first to interpret entropy ...

Social media content overload refers to a scenario when there’s way too much information about one particular item on the internet. Most of this information is irrelevant and may even pose some ...

56% of workers who use social media platforms for work-related purposes agree that social media distracts from the work they need to do, with 30% agreeing strongly. Some 42% of these workers disagree ...

A majority of social media influencers don’t verify information before sharing it with their audiences, a study published Tuesday by the UN’s scientific and cultural arm found, underscoring ...

Social media is already being used by citizens to reinforce collective action by applying social pressure to self-quarantine and abide by government guidelines. People are also sharing a lot of useful ...

In recent years, social media has emerged as a powerful tool for democratising the sharing of information. From breaking news to important announcements, social media platforms have transf ...

So, you have a wider battle, let's call it an information war," David Patrikarakos, a war correspondent and author of the book "War in 140 Characters: How Social Media is Shaping Conflict in the ...