Teens on screens: Ofcom survey reveals life online for kids and young adults

Drawn to drama: Kids gravitate to dramatic, short-form videos on social media Rise of ‘split-screening’: Trend for watching two videos at once More careful, less creative: Youngsters more socially self-conscious, posting fewer videos. Screen time: 16–24-year-olds more likely to take social media break to manage wellbeing Children are gravitating to ‘dramatic’ online videos which appear…

5 Famous Faces who have quit Twitter

Jim Carrey from Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Image: Warner Brothers). The recent takeover of Twitter by Elon Musk has sparked controversy both on the platform and behind the scenes at the social media giant’s offices. Musk’s decision to introduce an $8 (£6.57) subscription fee for Twitter’s blue tick verification coupled with lifting…

Social media users swarm to Hive after Twitter takeover

In the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, users have been fleeing to other social apps like open source microblogging platform Mastodon and niche communities like CounterSocial.  Now, another social app called Hive is seeing a boost in sign-ups in response to the upheaval at Twitter. The app today finds itself in the top 20 on the U.S. App Store after seeing…

5 Social Media Alternatives to Twitter

As Ryan Reynolds joins Tumblr and new owner Elon Musk bans parody accounts, we look at some alternatives to Twitter including Mastodon and Bluesky…  A new study from Financial-World.org has revealed the emerging social media platforms that could soon replace Twitter, as Elon Musk continues to cause controversy among users.   Using Google Trends data, the…