{
  "id": 672906,
  "title": "Saudi university students spend nearly 3.5 hours daily on social media: Study",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/12/saudi-university-students-spend-nearly-3-5-hours-daily-on-social",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-12T13:40:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Saudi Gazette",
    "slug": "saudi-gazette",
    "url": "https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/663672/saudi-arabia/saudi-university-students-spend-35-hours-daily-on-social-media-study-reveals"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "RIYADH — Saudi university students spend an average of three hours and 28 minutes a day on social media, while more than 42% report low psychological well-being, according to a recent scientific study, Okaz newspaper reported.The study, involving 2,540 male and female students from Saudi public and private universities, was published in BMC Psychology, a Springer Nature journal, on Aug. 10,…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}