Badger Herald

‘This study provides a smoking gun’: UW experts provide evidence of digital voter suppression on social media

A study led by a University of Wisconsin researcher shows the first empirical documentation of digital voter suppression on social media and foreign election interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential ...
MyNorthwest.com

Another study suggests social media contributes to mental health issues, delusion

Another study suggests that social media use may contribute to mental health issues, particularly for people with conditions affecting their sense of self and reality. Researchers from Simon Fraser ...
The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Excessive screen exposure in adolescence linked to suicide attempts and memory decline in adulthood, new study finds

Excessive screen exposure in adolescence linked to suicide attempts and memory decline in adulthood, new study finds ...
Pew Research Center

What parents say about their teen’s uses of social media

About this research This study is Pew Research Center’s latest effort to explore the landscape of teens and technology today.
New York Post

People are getting more bored despite endless entertainment content: study

The boredom epidemic is on the rise. A new study published by Communications Psychology by Katy Y.Y. Tam and Michael Inzlicht found that people are more bored than ever before — and digital media use ...

Majority of Australian kids are still on banned social media platforms, study finds

Many countries are pursuing social media bans for anyone under 16, but a recent poll is putting the effectiveness of such ...
AOL

New social media study identifies the children ‘more likely to develop anxiety’

Children who spend more than three hours a day on social media are more likely to develop mental health problems, including depression and anxiety, according to new research. Experts suggest the ...
EdSource

Study: Short-term social media breaks can improve mental health in youth

Short-term breaks from social media could significantly improve youth mental health, but they don’t necessarily reduce overall screen time, suggests a new study published in the Journal of the ...
Phys.org

How do street gangs use social media? Study sheds light on 'cyberbanging'

"Instead of hanging out on street corners, they're hanging out on social media." That's how Francesco Carlo Campisi, a Ph.D. student at Université de Montréal supervised by criminology professor ...
News Medical

Study links social media addiction to worse student mental health and points to family as a key buffer

Social media addiction was linked to higher anxiety and depression in Saudi university students, but the study suggests family environment may be a key factor shaping how strongly those mental health ...
CU Boulder News & Events

PhD: Media Studies

The PhD in Media Studies offered by the Department of Media Studies is one of three separate and distinct tracks of the Media Research and Practice doctoral program within the College of Communication ...
Lycoming College

Communication and Media Studies (CMS)

Major: Communication and Media Studies Courses required for major: 12 Capstone requirement: CMS 400 or 440 Minor: Communication and Media Studies The major in Communication and Media Studies with a ...