Due to the methodological challenges inherent in studying social media use (SMU), as well as the methodological choices that have shaped research into the effects of SMU on well …
N Johannes, M Vuorre… - Royal Society open …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
People have never played more video games, and many stakeholders are worried that this activity might be bad for players. So far, research has not had adequate data to test whether …
If popular online platforms systematically expose their users to partisan and unreliable news, they could potentially contribute to societal issues such as rising political polarization,. This …
Alarmist narratives about online misinformation continue to gain traction despite evidence that its prevalence and impact are overstated. Drawing on research examining the use of big …
Z Yue, R Zhang, J Xiao - Computers in Human Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Social media browsing is commonly seen as a trigger of unhealthy social comparison (ie, upward contrast), which negatively affects well-being. One underlying assumption is the …
M Vuorre, A Orben… - Clinical Psychological …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Digital technology is ubiquitous in modern adolescence, and researchers are concerned that it has negative impacts on mental health that, furthermore, increase over time. To …
In social media effects research, the role of specific social media content is understudied, in part attributable to the fact that communication science previously lacked methods to access …
The widespread adoption of video-conferencing has not only transformed communication at scale, but also increased feelings of Zoom fatigue among workers around the world …
The existence and nature of pandemic fatigue–defined as a gradually emerging subjective state of weariness and exhaustion from, and a general demotivation towards, following …