Media overload is hurting our mental health. Here are ways to …
Nov 1, 2022 · Overall, all types of news media consumption increased emotional distress, but television and social media exposure were more strongly associated, the researchers found. Younger adults and women were more vulnerable. People with conservative ideology were less likely to be distressed.
Teens are spending nearly 5 hours daily on social media. Here are …
Apr 1, 2024 · Forty-one percent of teens with the highest social media use rate their overall mental health as poor or very poor.
Media use habits, negative encounters with the police, and …
The present article contributes to and extends this line of research by employing unique measures of the media considering various modes of media and content and by examining whether individual experiences condition media effects on perceptions of the police.
Social media brings benefits and risks to teens. Psychology can …
Sep 1, 2023 · Substantial resources should be provided for continued scientific examination of the positive and negative effects of social media on adolescent development. Read the full recommendations and see the science behind them.
Why young brains are especially vulnerable to social media
Feb 3, 2022 · As children and teens increasingly go online for entertainment and connection, parents, scholars, and policymakers are concerned that young people’s biology is making them particularly vulnerable to—and in some cases, even exploited by—social media.
Comparing, competing, and the good mum ideology—Maternal …
Mar 21, 2024 · In this case, competitiveness in mothers may act as one form of motivation for engaging in social comparison and social media use, and thus creates a negative feedback loop that can, for some mothers, have subsequent effects on well-being.
Potential risks of content, features, and functions: The science of …
Feb 17, 2022 · Psychological science continues to reveal benefits from social media use, as well as risks and opportunities that certain content, features, and functions present to young social media users.
How and why does misinformation spread?
Nov 29, 2023 · Algorithms that track user engagement to prioritize what is shown tend to favor content that spurs negative emotions like anger and outrage. Overall, most online misinformation originates from a small minority of “superspreaders,” but …
Media-induced recovery: The effects of positive versus negative …
The findings extend prior research by providing a direct test of the recovery potential of noninteractive media and by revealing the differential patterns of recovery effects resulting from exposure to positive and negative media content.
Managing positive and negative media effects among adolescents ...
The current study examined the role of parental media mediation styles in the relationships between (1) prosocial media content and the performance of prosocial behavior and (2) antisocial media content and the performance of antisocial behavior.