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Unplug and discover the joy of missing out.
Spotify Wrapped bills itself as a playful musical year in review – but for its users, its omnipresence on social media can inspire more negative feelings.
Research suggests that an important question parents can consider with pre-teens and teens is: “What are you doing online and how is it making you feel?”
It’s tempting to think limits would cause teens to riot in the streets. But Facebook’s own research reveals that young people are well aware of social media’s downsides.
The relationship between our smartphones and levels of the stress hormone cortisol isn’t yet clear, but people report feeling more stressed than they were before they had a smartphone.
Six things you can do to control your social media addiction.
Social media provide shortcuts to things we yearn for, like connection and validation. Media effects scholars explain the psychological benefits we get from Facebook that make it so hard to quit.
Social media can amplify the fear of missing out, or FoMO, but it can also be a platform for emotional support during the festive season.
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Professor of Information Systems, UMass Amherst
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Associate Lecturer in Marketing, Curtin University
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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James P. Jimirro Professor of Media Effects, Co-Director, Media Effects Research Laboratory, & Director, Center for Socially Responsible AI, Penn State
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Professor in Social & Health Psychology, Durham University
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Associate Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Winchester
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Assistant Professor, The Ohio State University
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Ph.D. Student, Department of Sociology, University of Virginia
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Ph.D. Student in Mass Communications, Penn State
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Research Fellow; Registered Psychologist; Deputy Chair, Cyberpsychology Research Group, University of Sydney
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PhD Student in Human Development, Learning and Culture, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor of Marketing, New York Institute of Technology
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Assistant Professor of Marketing, West Virginia University
