Connecting with others on online platforms can be an invaluable support system throughout a cancer journey. It can also complicate the healing process. An estimated 4.9 billion people use social media ...

While studies show that social media can aggravate mental health problems, social media platforms can also be good tools to build community and support groups that promote mental health awareness.

Every design choice that social media platforms make nudges users toward certain actions, values, and emotional states. It is a design choice to offer a news feed that combines verified news sources ...

Wednesday’s emotional Senate Judiciary Committee hearing grilling tech CEOs focused on Silicon Valley’s failures to protect kids online. But it also spotlighted Congress’ own glaring — and ...

Founder and CEO of JMG Public Relations, an award-winning PR firm for innovators and their mission-driven startup companies. In today’s digital age, viral trends shape our culture and profoundly ...

Thwarting the ban could become normal and undermine the policy’s effectiveness, according to a research group that conducted ...

Social media can be a positive way to form community, and it can also be exhausting and negative. These four women share how they best used social media during their breast cancer journeys Alex ...

Lisa Schirch receives funding from the Ford Foundation. I know the founder of Pol.is and Remesh platforms, mentioned in this article, as well as Maria Ressa of Rappler Communities. I will not benefit ...

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