Researchers are debating the strength of evidence connecting technology to surging rates of adolescent mental illness. But ...

The Netflix series Adolescence is hard to escape. One of the judges at our South Asia Awards in Delhi last weekend told me that his family were gripped by the drama about a teenage schoolboy in ...

According to a study courtesy of the University of South Florida, owning a phone can actually yield positive outcomes. It’s ...

Marina Jennings, 20, from Jersey, said the impact of using social media since she was 12 years old had been scarring and ...

A groundbreaking new study of young people's digital media use has revealed surprising results, including evidence that ...

The hit Netflix series Adolescence has fueled discussion about banning social media and smartphones for children. But experts ...

A survey of more than 1500 children suggests that smartphones can be beneficial to their mental and social well-being – unless they start using social media. Justin Martin at the University of ...

A large new study finds smartphone ownership positively correlated with multiple measures of well being in 11- to 13-year-old ...

Lorenz then reports on the benefits of smartphones, according to the study, which shows that kids with smartphones report ...

Supporting the healthy development of children requires an approach to smartphone and social media use underpinned by age appropriate design and education, argue Victoria Goodyear and colleagues ...