Objective Social Media Use and Well-Being: An Actual Behavior Study

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dc.contributor.authorBaum, Katharina
dc.contributor.authorAbramova, Olga
dc.contributor.authorGladkaya, Margarita
dc.contributor.authorKrasnova, Hanna
dc.date.accessioned2023-12-26T18:38:29Z
dc.date.available2023-12-26T18:38:29Z
dc.date.issued2024-01-03
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-7-1
dc.identifier.otherc934c75b-4127-4fb3-966a-8fe7db8b0807
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10125/106672
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectCritical and Ethical Studies of Digital and Social Media
dc.subjectdata donations
dc.subjectobjective sns use
dc.subjectsocial networking sites
dc.subjecttiktok
dc.subjectwell-being
dc.titleObjective Social Media Use and Well-Being: An Actual Behavior Study
dc.typeConference Paper
dc.type.dcmiText
dcterms.abstractA myriad of research has examined how time spent on social networking sites (SNSs) impacts users’ well-being; however, the results are inconsistent. Recent criticism has been that measuring time spent on SNSs with self-reported assessments is prone to errors. In the present study, we address this limitation by assessing participants’ actual SNS use via the screen time feature on their smartphones. This way, we can relate the objectively measured SNS use of 383 respondents to several markers of well-being. Findings reveal that objective overall SNS use on smartphone apps is not a good predictor of well-being. A deeper look at the nine examined apps suggests that only time spent on TikTok and Snapchat is negatively linked to well-being as manifested via increased negative affect, anxiety, and depression. The pitfalls and benefits of using screenshots of the screen time feature as an objective measure for SNS use are discussed and future steps are outlined.
dcterms.extent10 pages
prism.startingpage2380

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