These conversations should happen in classrooms and at kitchen tables. We may not be able to outlaw social-media platforms, but media literacy can help us outsmart them. Julie Smith.

More recently, science has reinforced the social nature of the individual. Evolutionary biologists, psychologists, and neuroscientists agree that we evolved together, surviving best in (small ...

The power to change what we are: Social media as the new ‘Fifth Estate’ by Tim Blake Nelson, opinion contributor - 03/07/21 1:30 PM ET ...

We understand that social media does not equal social interaction Date: August 11, 2016 Source: University of Kansas Summary: If you worry that people today are using social media as a crutch for ...

Because social pain and pleasure haven’t been a part of our theory of “who we are” we tend not to use these social motivators as much as we could. You devote a section of your book to what ...

We humans are social beings; we share mirror neurons that allow us to match each other’s emotions unconsciously and immediately. We leak emotions to each other.

That report claims an 8% rise in social media use since a year ago. We are becoming doomscrolling thinkers. We don’t engage, because we keep scrolling. Our thoughts are half-aware and half-baked.

“Humans are just really intrinsically social creatures. We are the most extreme example of a species that’s decided that collaborating with others is going to be my entire strategy,” said ...

We are living in a new social democratic moment. It’s true that parties calling themselves by that name are having, at best, mixed success in the polls and at ballot boxes. But President Biden ...