To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...

Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was ...

After two and a half years we have enough data to form a clearer picture about who is using AI, what they are using it for, what they think about it, and what it means for learning. What do students ...

As voters weigh in on measures that would broaden marijuana access, recent data reveals unexpected trends in who uses it, and how. By Dani Blum Voters in four states will weigh in this week on ballot ...

I have a number of hang-ups — to paraphrase Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Synyster Gates, all of us are a little (screwed) up — but one I didn’t realize I had until recently is alexinomia: the fear of ...

Two recent studies have linked “problematic smartphone use” among teenagers to increased symptoms of anxiety, depression and insomnia. But is it a real problem? And how worried, if at all, should we ...

AI-fueled cheating—and how to stop students from doing it—has become a major concern for educators. But how prevalent is it? Newly released data from a popular plagiarism-detection company is shedding ...

A leading educator has shared a simple hack for catching out students using ChatGPT to write their essays for them. Though ChatGPT's terms of use say those aged 13 to ...

A college student says she was falsely accused using AI to write a paper after using Grammarly to check her grammar and spelling. Here’s what happened after her story went viral. Marley Stevens posted ...

Researchers have identified tell-tale signs that students have used AI to help write their essays. Excessive used of words derived from Latin, using unnecessary words and repeated use of the Oxford ...

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