Scroll through your social media feed for just five minutes and you’ll see it: clickbait headlines or images, rage-bait videos designed to spike outrage, and slick ads that don’t look like ads at all.

“Creators are the new Hollywood,” as YouTube’s chief executive, Neal Mohan, has said, echoing many other media ...

“In the traditional model, content is the product, and ads are a way to capture value from those who need to rent attention to sell their goods. When creation costs collapse and competition explodes, ...

Paramount announced it is acquiring The Free Press, the independent news and commentary website founded in 2021 by Bari Weiss. As part of the deal, Weiss will also take a new role at CBS News as ...

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was published ...