Research: This Is Your Brain Off Facebook
30 Jan, 2019 | 18:46h | UTCThis Is Your Brain Off Facebook – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Original randomized trial, involving nearly 3000 individuals: The Welfare Effects of Social Media (free PDF)
“Expect the consequences to be fairly immediate: More in-person time with friends and family. Less political knowledge, but also less partisan fever. A small bump in one’s daily moods and life satisfaction. And, for the average Facebook user, an extra hour a day of downtime.”