The bestselling author says social media is useful for communication, but it is not the same thing as real connection.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Diana Iracheta, also known as The Latina Engineer, started her nonprofit, The Ingeniera Foundation to increase representation of ...

Social media's curated perfection is creating unrealistic expectations for women, from constant travel and flawless ...

Across Africa, social media redefines politics, culture, identity, and connection, blurring community and performance.

Social media isn’t likely to strengthen your friendships, even your close ones, and could even make you lonelier found a new ...

A first-of-its-kind study of U.S. adults suggests that all of those strangers you’re friends with on social media are not helping you to feel less lonely. CORVALLIS, Ore. – A first-of-its-kind study ...

In recent years, there has been a significant increase in social media use. According to the Pew Research Center, 72% of Americans in the U.S. use social media. While social media offers a way to stay ...

While social media is a tool in connecting people, a new study suggests that it’s not actually surrounding you with the people you care about or doing much for loneliness. Researchers at Oregon State ...

Loneliness is an epidemic in the United States. A recent Cigna survey revealed that nearly half of Americans always or sometimes feel alone (46%) or left out (47%). Two in five Americans sometimes or ...

Something has shifted, and it’s not just the algorithm. Again. As I've covered here previously, social platforms have quietly stopped being social. What began as public spaces for conversation and ...

Ever since social media burst on the scene in the early 2000s, parents and health experts have worried about the potential impact on kids, particularly those in their early teens. Now researchers are ...