A new study has found evidence that the link between depression and social anxiety on one hand and problematic TikTok use on the other was achieved through distress intolerance. Boredom proneness played no significant role in this link. The study...
Social media dependency is associated with a reduced preference for freedom, according to new research published in Psychological Reports. The study suggests that people who are heavily dependent on social media may use it as a way to escape from...
A large study across 18 countries found that adolescents with intense social media use are more likely to experience poor sleep patterns. These findings suggest that social media use by adolescents may be a global concern that should become a...
New research indicates that political biases are a more important predictor of misinformation susceptibility than the ability to distinguish between true and false information. The findings have been published in the Journal of Experimental Psychology: General.
A study of young adult romantic couples in Quebec, Canada found that participants who displayed more jealousy of their romantic partner’s social media activity were also more likely to perpetrate violence towards that partner. Conversely, violence in a relationship is...
Social media can be mentally draining. And when mentally drained, you are more likely to be influenced by a high number of likes on posts – even to the point of clicking on ads for products you don’t need or...
More and more users have been including preferred gender pronouns in their Twitter bios over time, according to new research published in the Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media. The research also provides evidence that words and phrases related to...
In a new study published in the Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, researchers examined the effects of deplatforming on online discourse and alternative social media platforms. The study focused on the aftermath of the January 6 Capitol riot and...
Greater experiences of "telepresence" -- which refer to a user's sense of immersion in the world created by social media apps -- among both TikTok and Instagram users are linked to higher levels of depression and anxiety, according to new...
A new study sheds light on the link between assertive self-presentation tactics and selfie-posting behavior on social media. The research, published in The Journal of Social Media in Society, found that assertive self-presentation tactics were associated with more selfie-posting among...
New research examining 15 years worth of research indicates that comparing ourselves to people who seem better off than us on social media can result in several negative psychological outcomes. The new findings appear in the journal Media Psychology.
A new study examined comments given on the Reddit forum "r/science" to discover how commenters express negative attitudes towards science. Results showed that these views are most often expressed by describing scientists as corruptible, poor communicators, and misleading. Commenters particularly...
A new experimental study found that heightened anxiety makes people more prone to believe in various claims they are exposed to and to share them on social media. This was especially true for Republicans and did not depend on the...
Individuals who seek information on social media more frequently tend to have lower knowledge about anxiety and exhibit an indiscriminate use of coping strategies, according to new research published in Psychology of Popular Media.
The body positivity movement has been influential in society for pushing back against beauty standards, but is that influence all so positive? A study published in Computers in Human Behavior explores how sexualized representations of body positivity may serve to...