Featured series 
Tag: social media
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Health
How to pay attention
Constantly distracted by devices? Experts share strategies on reclaiming focus.
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Health
Social media detox boosts mental health, but nuances stand out
‘Wildly different reactions’ among participants, says researcher
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Science & Tech
Rethinking — and reframing — superintelligence
Microsoft researcher says separating AI from people makes systems dangerous and unproductive
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Health
The problem with the school smartphone debate
Study finds most districts already regulate devices. Is the real issue enforcement?
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Arts & Culture
You’re not the only one who’s bored
‘Blank Space’ author says pop culture of 21st century has mostly been a dud
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Science & Tech
Technically, it’s possible. Ethically, it’s complicated.
Surge in AI use heightens demand for Harvard program that examines social consequences of computer science work
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Nation & World
Princeton leader defends campus free speech efforts amid ‘civic crisis’
Eisgruber, author of ‘Terms of Respect,’ says campus tensions reflect wider U.S. divisions
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Health
Can revenge be addictive?
Psychiatrist explains how humans are hardwired to crave payback and why forgiveness is the ultimate antidote
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Arts & Culture
Brief bursts of wisdom
Aphorism lover and historian James Geary reflects on how ancient literary art form fits into age of social media
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Science & Tech
Why is your head not exploding? Steven Pinker can explain.
Cognitive psychologist reveals uncommon depths of common knowledge in new book
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Nation & World
Onion holds up mirror; society flashes big smile (with green stuff in teeth)
How some students at University of Wisconsin-Madison created satiric cultural institution
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Nation & World
Brainwashing? Like ‘The Manchurian Candidate’?
More than vestige of Cold War, mind-control techniques remain with us in social media, cults, AI, elsewhere, new book argues
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Work & Economy
Remember when corporate America steered clear of politics on social media?
Study finds Twitter surge starting in 2017, most of it Democratic-leaning by surprising range of firms, with negative effects on stock price
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Science & Tech
Social media fueled divisions. Teaming up may help heal.
Study finds pairing members of opposing parties on the same side to compete in specially designed quiz eases partisanship
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Health
How young is too young? No such thing, apparently.
Specialist outlines impact of screen time on developing brains, from toddlerhood to teen years
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Arts & Culture
Patricia Lockwood wants you to admit the internet is real life
In Harvard talk, author riffs on ‘cloistered’ upbringing, crafting characters through dialogue, working in bed vs. on couch
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Arts & Culture
We used to read more, scream less
How has the internet changed fiction? 8 writers weigh in.
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Health
You went to the doctor and came out feeling worse
Psychologist who studied ‘medical gaslighting’ explains how caseload pressures contribute to the problem and when we should call it something else
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Nation & World
Did the TikTok ban go too far?
Law School debate examines potential national security threat, 75-day extension issued by Trump
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Campus & Community
Nieman curator Ann Marie Lipinski to step down
Pulitzer winner steered foundation through a period of disruption for the news industry and deepened collaboration with the Harvard community
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Science & Tech
Even Bill Gates thinks AI is a little scary
Tech pioneer visits campus with his new memoir to discuss beauty of math, dropping out of College, founding Microsoft, value of curiosity
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Nation & World
Who can save us from social media? At this point, perhaps just us.
Nicholas Carr argues it may be too late for regulation as platforms took hold so quickly, outpacing our ability to spot darker effects on society, democracy
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Nation & World
How the presidency was won, lost
Top campaign leaders from both sides talk about what worked, didn’t at Kennedy School postmortem
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Nation & World
Rising ‘epidemic of political lying’
Founder of PolitiFact discusses case studies from his new book that reveal how we got to where we are now
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Nation & World
Who cares what Taylor Swift thinks?
Lots of people! But that doesn’t mean she can sway an election.
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Nation & World
Targeting kids generates billions in ad revenue for social media
Harvard study is first to estimate annual ad revenue attributable to young users of these platforms
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Nation & World
How demagogues wield social media
Cognitive scientist details research on the different ways Republicans and Democrats, use Twitter.
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Campus & Community
How they’re feeling
Mental health is a crisis-level issue for young people today, research says. We asked Harvard students to look inside and tell us why.
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Nation & World
What would be signs protests in Russia are making a difference?
Kennedy School expert counts them off: large-scale rallies, staying power of opposition, shift in views of key individuals.
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Nation & World
Facebook’s moral quandary
Harvard psychologist Joshua Greene explains social media giant’s trolley problem
