Meta will open a small pilot program allowing academic researchers to access Instagram data for up to six months to learn more about how the social platform affects the well-being of teens and young
adults, reports "The Atlantic." Meta announced this week that it is looking for proposals focused on specific research areas around this topic.
The EU's investigation of TikTok's compliance with the newly enacted Digital Services Act will focus on "the protection of minors, advertising transparency, data access for researchers, as well as the
risk management of addictive design and harmful content." The DSA went into effect last week and applies to thousands of digital platforms and services in the EU.
YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram are most popular with U.S. teenagers.
A new report from Pew Research Center shows YouTube continues to dominate in the teen demographic. Black and Hispanic teens are using the internet more than their white peers.
Misogyny is a common theme of real-world violence seen by teens on social media.
The latest research from Piper Sandler shows teens cutting back a bit, in the first spending downturn since before the pandemic.
Total TV screen time for kids 2-17 grew about 20% in June vs. May, largely driven by non-traditional viewing, according to Nielsen. Non-traditional TV options including streaming and video games
amounted to 90% of the increased usage.
Discord came in second to TikTok in terms of LGBTQ people of color feeling the safest and most secure, followed by Instagram and YouTube.
Piper Sandler's semiannual survey also sees a shake-up in footwear. And the Willow Project is intensifying environmental concerns.
Young media consumers' high usage of short-form video content on social media and other platforms is not breaking news. But their trend line as they get older might be, according to a recent Horowitz
Research study.
Nike, Lululemon and e.l.f. also reign in Piper Sandler's latest survey, with the environment and abortion emerging as top concerns.
"Algorithms are profiling children and teens to serve them images, memes and videos encouraging restrictive diets and extreme weight loss," Fairplay says in a new report.
The popularity of streaming has led to a drop in video consumption for cable TV among U.S. teenagers.
Piper Sandler's latest survey shows plenty of shifting among teens' favorite brands, with significant changes in spending, social media preferences and share of wallet.
The research aims to help teens, parents and caregivers make informed choices when using technology, and establish neuroscience behind the narrative on social media's impact on adolescent mental
health.
Teens are most interested in new virtual experiences in gaming, TV/movies and shopping, while 45% of those over 54 are not interested in virtual experiences, a study by Toluna finds. Nearly half of
teens and 25% of those 18 and up said they know what the metaverse is, while 54% of those over 54 had no idea what it is.
Key takeaways of the study include users' increased screen time over the past year and their need for more authentic, relatable, and positive content.
"We are writing to urge you to immediately end all surveillance advertising to children and adolescents, including the use of artificial intelligence to optimise the delivery of specific ads to the
young people most vulnerable to them," Fairplay, Accountable Tech, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, Fight for the Future and 42 other organizations say in a letter sent Tuesday to CEO Mark
Zuckerberg.
On the heels of a former Facebook product manager's disclosures, a new study finds 58% of U.S. adults say social media harms mental health.
Republican lawmakers are asking the companies for internal research related to their products' effect on the mental health of children and teens.
Can we, in good conscience, continue to recommend platforms that directly and negatively impact the mental health of our youth? Platforms should be responsible for helping users feel better about
themselves, but recent studies clearly show that is not the case.
A trio of Democratic lawmakers are urging Facebook to immediately cease efforts to launch a version of Instagram for children, given a new report about company research into the service's effects on
teens' well-being.
Daytime TV viewing has become a "second prime time," according to Nielsen, due to the continued growth of kids viewing and at-home workers' TV and internet consumption.
And shopping for used clothing at thrift stores, which ranked 44th last year, shot up to the 13th most mentioned retail channel.
Contrary to the overused Madison Avenue trope that contemporary teens are lazy, entitled "Millennials," a new global study from three GroupM media agencies finds the current youth population are the
savviest and most socially aware teenage generation to date. "Pragmatic, prudent, individual and aspirational," the report from Mindshare, MediaCom and Wavemaker says of today's teens, adding that
they are a "new breed of super-savvy consumers" that brand marketers need to understand and talk to in new and different ways."
The new Piper Sandler "Taking Stock With Teens" ranking says Chick-fil-A achieved the highest restaurant mindshare in nearly 20 years.
While spending on clothing has fallen 24% in the last 15 years, manly footwear is a persistent anomaly.
New academic research suggests the best way to measure children's media usage is a new construct called "constancy," a term its authors assert will replace the Big 3 c-words -- consumption, content
and context -- in understanding how media influences children. "Constancy refers to the ubiquitous and continuous state of connected screens in the lives of children and adolescents," Maryland School
of Public Health Professor Dina Borzekowski writes in the paper.
YouTube supposedly now has a slight edge in self-reported viewing times, though Netflix has been on top in these regular Piper Jaffray teen surveys up to now.
Oxford University researchers have shown that screen time and social media cause virtually no happiness issues for most kids.