Teenagers want a greater voice in the design and governance of platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, according to ...

This article was co-authored with Emma Myer, a student at Washington and Lee University who studies Cognitive/Behavioral Science and Strategic Communication. In today’s digital age, social media has ...

The Massachusetts Senate is set to debate a bill that would require social media platforms to adopt default settings for ...

Social media apps regularly present teens with algorithmically selected content often described as "for you," suggesting, by implication, that the curated content is not just "for you" but also "about ...

What if the greatest threat facing children online isn’t a single viral challenge, but an algorithm that learns their fears, insecurities and struggles and then feeds them more of the same? That is ...

Emily is a thought leader in Digital Journal’s Insight Forum (become a member). Social media can make or break a brand. From the potential to go viral and increase brand awareness to the ability to ...

Social media platforms use complex algorithms to decide what content appears on each user's feed. These systems are designed to filter massive amounts of posts and prioritize the ones most likely to ...

Social media feeds are becoming more customizable as platforms like Threads, Instagram, and TikTok introduce tools that let users directly influence the algorithms powering their recommendations.

Discover how social media algorithms use your digital footprints to predict your interests and personalize your online ...

Spend far too many hours mindlessly scrolling social media feeds, where a black-box algorithm fine-tuned for maximum ...