Clickbait relied on curiosity. Rage bait relies on us, knowing that if content makes you angry, you spend longer with it, share it more often, and return to the platform quickly.

A study has found gene variants that impact both addiction and education attainment in opposite directions -- a higher genetic risk for addiction was related with an increased chance of a lower ...

At first, I was sad to see that the linguist team at the Oxford English Dictionary had picked “rage bait” as the Word of the Year. But there’s no doubt it was the right choice. As the wordsmiths ...

President Donald Trump on Monday signed into law a measure authorizing billions of dollars in federal funding to help prevent drug overdoses and aid patients recovering from addiction, according to ...

New research shows that while true Instagram addiction is rare, the widespread habit of labeling everyday scrolling as an “addiction” can sap users’ confidence, fuel self-blame, and steer them away ...

As any addict will tell you, there tends to be more than one rock bottom. But among the lower-than-low points prior to the epiphany was the Monday morning upon which Cameron awoke – following a visit ...

Instagram users may overestimate the extent to which they are addicted to the platform, according to research conducted on 1,204 US adults published in Scientific Reports. The findings suggest that ...