I teach a course on the relationship between social media and society at Durham College. As part of their assessments, I ask ...

We participate in political memes to express our anxiety that whatever is coming next might be even more chaotic than what is ...

TikTok users are onto something called YouTube Shorts Colonization. Scheduled to take place on March 25, 2025, the online event is aimed to flood YouTube Shorts with brain rot content. This comes as a ...

"Let's take school for example," Nelson said of how brain rot can manifest. "You're sitting in class and you're trying to focus. They're going to be looking around, not attending to what the ...

TikTok users are planning the ‘colonization’ of YouTube Shorts with a takeover of ‘brainrot’ memes on March 25 to combat the ‘meme drought.’ ...

What is brain rot and how is mindlessly scrolling on social media impacting your mental health? - TikTok inspires 19th century term’s surprising comeback ...

Read more: Millennials and Gen-Zs more likely to quit work over mental health concerns This mind-numbing state is commonly known as brain rot, which Oxford University Press named as its word of ...

As gaming worlds grow larger, more detailed, and increasingly intense, the debate persists about the influence of video games on mental health and whether they can “rot” the brain. This question has ...

But what if your old DVDs stop working? The New York Post reports “disc rot” has become a growing concern after Warner Bros. Home Entertainment confirmed many of WB’s DVDs manufactured ...

"It just seems like a lot of brain rot and there's not a lot of substance to it," said 16-year-old Phoebe. Globally, reality TV — known in the industry as "unscripted content" — made up about ...