TikTok is caught in a political battle between the US and China but children are still using the video-sharing app. Here are some tips on how to make sure they are safe.
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Looking for a short-term fix from the very thing that is causing you long-term problems is a symptom of addiction.
Warning about anonymous messaging app YOLO miss the potential benefits it could have.
Research shows that the sense of belonging provided by platforms like Facebook trumps our distrust of social media.
Consuming too much social media when users end up comparing their lives to others more glamorous can leave one with bad feelings say researchers. But pretending or fantasizing is not all bad either.
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Professor of Digital Business, University of Sussex
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Research Fellow in Digital Childhoods, Deakin University
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Producer, The Conversation Weekly Podcast, The Conversation
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Assistant Professor, Department of Information Systems and Services, University of Bamberg
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Associate Professor of Digital Communication, RMIT University
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Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder; Harvard University
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Lecturer, Federal University, Oye Ekiti
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Professor of Information Systems, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
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Senior Lecturer of Information Systems, School of Computing and Information Systems; and (Honorary) Senior Fellow, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Associate Professor of Digital Media & Global Design, University of Washington
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Postdoctoral research fellow, California Institute of Technology
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Professor in Computing, Charles Sturt University
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Emerita Provost Professor of Psychology and Business, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism, University of Oregon