Students' obsession with social media is only making teachers' lives more challenging, at a time when there are over 100,000 unfilled teaching roles in the U.S. Gen Z and Gen Alpha’s obsession with ...

Almost 50 percent of Americans are addicted to their cellphones. On average, people check their phones every 12 minutes throughout the day. Almost 44 percent of Americans say being away from their ...

Check Facebook in the bathroom? That doesn't make you weird, just an average American. But maybe we all have phone addiction. Photo: Ste Smith/Cult of Mac We really love our phones. Maybe too much. 10 ...

Marketers are constantly being advised to design their emails for mobile phones. This has a certain urgency to it. American consumers now check their phones 205 times a day, up from 144 times in 2023, ...

Isabella Pires first noticed what she calls the “gradual apathy pandemic” in eighth grade. Only a handful of classmates registered for service projects she helped organize at her Massachusetts school.

Do you check your cell phone for missed calls or texts first thing in the morning when you wake up? Do you find yourself checking your phone multiple times throughout the day and feeling anxious if ...

You’re out for a delightful, long-anticipated lunch with your friends or co-workers. The conversation is lively and upbeat, when suddenly someone in your group pulls out their cell phone to take a ...

In his latest book, A New Approach to Addiction and Choice, Wiers looks at behaviours including meat cravings and compulsive smartphone use and compares them to addiction, to see where there are ...