More realistic content may reduce social media harms for new moms
April 23, 2026
April 23, 2026
LINCOLN, Nebraska, April 23 -- The University of Nebraska posted the following news:
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More realistic content may reduce social media harms for new moms
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Scrolling through picture-perfect portrayals of motherhood may be doing real harm to moms, but a new study from University of Nebraska-Lincoln media scholar Ciera Kirkpatrick shows a "dose of reality" may mitigate some of the damage.
The study, published in Compute . . .
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More realistic content may reduce social media harms for new moms
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Scrolling through picture-perfect portrayals of motherhood may be doing real harm to moms, but a new study from University of Nebraska-Lincoln media scholar Ciera Kirkpatrick shows a "dose of reality" may mitigate some of the damage.
The study, published in Compute . . .