Social media addiction is most common among adolescents and young people. Individuals with social media addiction may experience negative psychological and physical symptoms. Social media is an online ...

Medical sociologists show that social class is linked to numerous diseases and mortality, including risk factors that ...

A local public health official has been tasked with increasing vaccine use in an underserved community. She has extensive training in the science of infectious diseases, but to reach large numbers of ...

Longstanding concerns exist about excessive social media use causing mental health problems. The best evidence for this view comes from longitudinal studies showing that earlier social media use leads ...

Innovative nonprofit leaders take a different tack from their predecessors, writes David Brooks in an opinion piece in The New York Times. Instead of looking to government to identify social problems ...

Humans have always used social networks to solve problems of survival. Yet, social media today are used for different purposes. Complex Social Sharing in Simple Societies The basic economic unit of ...

Editor’s note: Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take ...

Editor’s note, February 2nd 2024: This article was updated after Meta announced earnings results for 2023. Facebook may be turning 20 on February 4th, but it is just as much of a magnet for ...

Social problems are like Hydra heads: cut one off, and more appear. This is the frustrating reality that organizations in the philanthropic sector face every day. They try to solve problems to improve ...