Revealed: TV-Watching Habits of Key Demo and Networks Such as MTV, Comedy Central Have Plenty to Brag About

Though it hasn’t yet hit the market, most high school students are already aware of Apple’s iPhone device, with a significant number saying they’re interested in forking over the $500 to call one their own, a recent study has shown.

Forget happiness, the in-crowd is being moved to tears by a new wave of super cool misery clubs, which give visitors (with the help of a pile of chopped onions) the chance to weep away their woes

Is there an easier position to take in polite society than to patronize reality TV?

Levi Draher, 16, walked to the front of the Navarro High School gym in early March and picked up the microphone before a hushed audience of fellow teenagers.

George Barna has released a new book on a familiar topic, based on an unusual research study that indicates that there are six critical dimensions involved in raising children to become spiritual champions.

Facebook.com is getting a facelift designed to make the popular website’s social networking features easier to find and use.

Books tell a story — about our reading preferences, certainly, but also about what’s happening in our world. USA TODAY’s book editors and critics chose 25 titles that made an impact on readers and the publishing industry over the past quarter-century.

Yahoo Joins the MP3 Fray With a $250 Device That Links to Its Music Services

Listening to the weekly podcast “Acorns & Merlot” is like overhearing a phone conversation between a couple of high school kids — sometimes rambling or illuminating, sometimes irreverent or crude … and often hilarious.

With so much negative attention given to what teens do wrong on social networking sites, I wanted to post something sort of positive today. Teens are expressing themselves and sharing their lives online

Microsoft says that it’s dropping DRM from some of the catalog in the Zune store.

The research suggests that most helicoptering is by mothers who are hyper-involved with their sons’ lives; fathers are more likely to use strong-arm tactics to get results.

Debate erupts over whether kids get too much praise or not enough

Star Laura Dern tells MTV News she’s confident film is ‘[just] around the corner.’

A new study claims Connecticut’s white teenagers are more likely to drive drunk, while black and Hispanic teens are more likely to engage in risky sex.

House Democrats Thursday offered a spending plan that would buy a MP3 player or iPod for every school child in Michigan.

Going high-tech doesn’t lead to higher math and reading scores, according to a federal study.

Disney will now allow gay weddings at Disneyland and Walt Disney World

The Defense Department has added a new weapon to its public relations arsenal — YouTube postings — and it is proving to be a big hit

They post dicey pictures on social networking Web sites and think little about the consequences.

I am a scientist and a believer, and I find no conflict between those world views.

It was a weepy “American Idol” Wednesday night, as the obviously well-liked Gina Glocksen sang her swan song — and took her sassy tongue ring home.

At least according to Coca-Cola Italia, a division of the soda-maker that has moved to stop an Italian filmmaker from releasing a modern-day version of the life of Christ that features Jesus polishing off a can of Coke, the Times of London reports.

Teenagers across the nation are facing similar dilemmas. Malls looking to restore what they call a family-friendly environment are putting policies into place requiring that younger teens have adult supervision during certain hours, almost always on the w

A new review of adolescent brain research suggests that society is wasting billions of dollars on education and intervention programs to dissuade teens from dangerous activities, because their immature brains are not yet capable of avoiding risky behavior

If Jesus washed his disciples’ feet at a Georgia college in 2007, he’d likely be accused of “hazing.” That’s the position a Christian ministry at Savannah State University has found itself in, after it washed the feet of its new members. The campus minist

A New York court has chastised a school for preventing a fourth-grader from sharing her Christian faith with her classmates.

According to research by Harris Interactive, 81% of American youth report playing a video game at least once a month, and 94% of boys play once a month.

Have you ever noticed how young teens want to try everything? Sure, some are shy, and won’t try something that exposes them too much. And young teens approaching the middle teen years (like, 8th graders) sometimes get less and less willing to try new th

In a world where summer-blockbuster trailers are bigger than ever, one site is grading them all. For a single, heart-stopping moment, an ordinary writer becomes a hero, with a list 65 million years in the making.

Apple and EMI just announced that they will be selling DRM-free Apple songs through the iTunes Music Store.

Katie Barnard was having her hair curled into ringlets for her high-school prom when her cellphone rang on her lap. She flipped it open and found a text message from her date: I’m sick. I can’t go.

As a long-time American Idol fan, I am watching the current controversy about Sanjaya Malakar with morbid fascination. For those of you who are not following the plot, Malakar is a relatively untalented contestant who is surviving week after week as much