Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

Ever wonder why your social media feed seems to “read your mind?” One minute, you’re watching a video about travel, and suddenly, your feed is filled with flight deals and hotel recommendations. It’s ...

In my recent book, Rethinking How We Think: Integrative Meta-perspective and the Cognitive “Growing Up” on Which Our Future Depends, I went into detail about the dangers of device addiction and what ...

But the real question is: connected to what? Parker Woodroof, Ph.D., a social media expert and associate professor of marketing at the Collat School of Business at the University of Alabama at ...

Findings highlight users’ active feedback, reporting and engagement can influence algorithms and reshape digital content ...

Adam Aleksic is a linguist by trade, and recently published his new book "Algospeak: How Social Media Is Transforming the Future of Language.” Sticking out your “gyat” for the “rizzler.” You're so ...

Platforms like Facebook and Instagram are under mounting pressure to reform the ways in which they're built to be addictive ...

Commentary: What began as a way to stay up to date on what was happening at home and abroad has become a firestorm of ...

Most of us spend a lot of time on social media. Scrolling when we wake up. Scrolling again just before bed. And at some point, almost everyone asks the same question. Why doesn’t my feed feel anything ...