A report explores tween and teen relationships with phones, offering families guidance to promote healthier technology habits. The top three most popular social platforms among 11- to-12-year-olds were TikTok, Snapchat, and gaming platform Discord.

Experts share tech savvy ways to better manage and control social media use on Instagram, TikTok and YouTube for youth, teens and kids.

‘Depths of Wikipedia’ host Annie Rauwerda, BS ’22, only posts something to her 1.5 million social media followers ‘if it’s really zany.’ The comedian’s fans rely on her wiki-mining skills to unearth weird-but-true facts about trout tickling, Greek philosophers, and ancient Sumerian humor.

The move by social media companies to remove or suspend Donald Trump’s accounts and the decisions that led to the shutdown of Parler raise questions about the unchecked power of social media and its future.

Professor of Information Cliff Lampe ponders the future of social media in the wake of several platforms’ decisions to ban Donald Trump after the Jan. 6 insurrection at the nation’s Capitol.

Since November 3, people have been flocking to social media platforms Parler and MeWe, which promise ad-free or uncensored experiences.

‘New Yorker’ essayist Jia Tolentino, MFA ’14, explores the ‘peculiar effects’ of self-deception, self-destruction, and the performance of identity in ‘Trick Mirror.’

Algorithm identifies telltale linguistic cues and could serve as an effective weapon against misinformation.

U-M faculty demonstrate the power of public engagement through social media, influencing journalists, policymakers, and peers.