Far from a unifier, today, social media is more likely to be the source of misinformation and disinformation, deepen political divides, and erode public trust in everything from elections to public ...

For years, social media and video apps weren’t quite able to overtake good old television as Americans’ most-used source for news. That’s finally changed, according to Oxford’s Reuters Institute for ...

A Pew Research survey found TikTok, best known as a video sharing platform, is becoming a popular source for news especially among young adults. With concerns about national security, Congress has ...

A new analysis of millions of social media posts across seven different platforms reveals that the relationship between ...

In California, where a ballot often contains pages of candidates and initiatives, most voters rely on the state-provided guide for election information, a new poll has found. But with so much at stake ...

One of the main arguments advanced to justify the Florida and Texas social media laws challenged in NetChoice v. Paxton and Moody v. NetChoice, (cases currently before the Supreme Court) is the claim ...

Consumers are growing reliant on social media as a primary source across the entire shopping experience, from discovering products to making purchase decisions and engaging with retailers. Nearly ...

Social media has produced a wealth of knowledge and a proliferation of viewpoints. Every scroll, like, and share might affect your ideas—including those related to your investment choices. Platforms ...