A recent study has highlighted an interesting shift: more young women are using cameras rather than smartphones ...

A recent study analyzed the likelihood of young children receiving their owns smartphone, often before fourth grade.

University of California, San Francisco investigators measured smartphone app activity during school hours among US adolescents and reported an average of 1.16 hours of use, with social media apps ...

To escape endless scrolling, email and news alerts, more people are turning to older tech to regain control of their lives.

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was published ...

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Despite fears that constant phone scrolling harms mental health, new research shows that smartphones have almost no measurable effect on mood, challenging one of today’s most persistent digital-age ...

Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has substantially increased in the last seven years, negatively impacting children's overall quality of life, although the proportion of children with clinical-level ...