Nadia Tamez-Robledo
May 15, 2025
EdSurge
Gen Z may be the first generation to have childhoods rife with screens and defined by having a second life online, but some of their cohort might also be first to say that connectivity has its downsides.
New data from the Pew Research Center shows that nearly half of Gen Z teens say social media harms people their age, and roughly the same share say they spend too much time scrolling.
Nearly half of teens said social media is mostly negative for their age group, but only 14 percent said it was harmful to them personally.