Conceptualizing 'Use' in Social Media Studies

Jungselius, Beata; Weilenmann, Alexandra

doi:10.1145/3217804.3217938

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“…Given the complexities associated with studying the impact of technology on people and society, there is an urgent need for basic research to consider what this means for different individuals, devices, contexts, and in the case of smartphones, specific types of app usage (Jungselius & Weilenmann, 2018). The discipline may need to consider a paradigm shift, which would also help drive theoretical development and encourage a systematic shift away from the repetitive development of self-report assessments (Billieux, Maurage, Lopez-Fernandez, Kuss, & Griffiths, 2015).…”

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“…However, this method has previously been described as 'sub-optimal' when attempts are made to validate single measures against objective behavior (e.g., Boase & Ling, 2013). In addition, the use of multiple technologies simultaneously (e.g., a smartphone and a laptop) mean that these estimates have become even more problematic due the level of cognitive burden required to quantify many different types of habitual behavior (Boase & Ling, 2013;Doughty, Rowland, & Lawson, 2012;Jungselius & Weilenmann, 2018). In response to these critiques, a second method utilizes questionnaires that aim to quantify technology related experiences.…”

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Do smartphone usage scales predict behavior?

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Davidson

Shaw

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International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

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Understanding how people use technology remains important, particularly when measuring the impact this might have on individuals and society. However, despite a growing body of resources that can quantify smartphone use, research within psychology and social science overwhelmingly relies on self-reported assessments. These have yet to convincingly demonstrate an ability to predict objective behavior. Here, and for the first time, we compare a variety of smartphone use and 'addiction' scales with objective behaviors derived from Apple's Screen Time application. While correlations between psychometric scales and objective behavior are generally poor, single estimates and measures that attempt to frame technology use as habitual rather than 'addictive' correlate more favorably with subsequent behavior. We conclude that existing self-report instruments are unlikely to be sensitive enough to accurately predict basic technology use related behaviors. As a result, conclusions regarding the psychological impact of technology are unreliable when relying solely on these measures to quantify typical usage.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Do smartphone usage scales predict behavior?

Ellis

Davidson

Shaw

et al. 2019

International Journal of Human-Computer Studies

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“…When such estimates are scaled to larger samples, these often explain very little of the variance when predicting health or subsequent behavior (Przybylski & Weinstein, 2017;Twenge et al, 2017). The use of multiple technologies simultaneously (e.g., a smartphone and a laptop) also make such estimates problematic due the level of cognitive burden required to quantify many different types of automatic behavior (Boase & Ling, 2013;Doughty et al, 2012;Jungselius & Weilenmann, 2018).…”

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Are smartphones really that bad? Improving the psychological measurement of technology-related behaviors

Ellis

2019

Computers in Human Behavior

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Understanding how people use technology remains important, particularly when measuring the impact this might have on individuals and society. To date, research within psychological science often frames new technology as problematic with overwhelmingly negative consequences. However, this paper argues that the latest generation of psychometric tools, which aim to assess smartphone usage, are unable to capture technology related experiences or behaviors. As a result, many conclusions concerning the psychological impact of technology use remain unsound. Current assessments have also failed to keep pace with new methodological developments and these data-intensive approaches challenge the notion that smartphones and related technologies are inherently problematic. The field should now consider how it might re-position itself conceptually and methodologically given that many 'addictive' technologies have long since become intertwined with daily life.

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“…and having them sometimes respond, "what do you mean by use?" (Jungselius & Weilenmann, 2018). Despite the complexity of defining social media users, some scholars have attempted to categorize different types.…”

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“…RQ3 refers to the evolvement of social media use over time and aims to locate how perceptions change as practices and platforms develop. In the following, I will summarize how the findings from each of the four papers included in this thesis contributes to answering these research questions.Paper 1 is an extended version of the published work-in-progress-paper "Conceptualizing 'Use' in Social Media Studies"(Jungselius & Weilenmann, 2018). Written in 2018, this paper serves as an introduction to social media use for this thesis.…”

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Jungselius

Weilenmann

2019

Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Social Media and Society

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The rise of social media platforms has changed how people interact.Mobile technologies with built-in, high-quality cameras offer new possibilities for people to document and share their everyday activities.Many consider these interaction-mediating devices to be important tools for facilitating people's social life through use of social media. The aim of this thesis is to describe what constitutes social media use in a world of smartphones with cameras, why and how social media use is meaningful as a category of activity, and to contribute with new insights on how social media skills and perceptions change as practices and platforms develop.Drawing upon data collected in 2012 and 2017, this thesis provides empirical findings from four papers. By returning to the same informants, conducting stimulated recall interviews five years apart, the data provides insights on how social media use has developed over time. In this thesis, social media use is understood as the social practices that people engage in when they plan, produce, post, and take part in social media activities.As levels of engagement in social media vary from active involvement, such as producing and interacting with content, to more passive ways of planning and monitoring social media, a revised conceptualization of

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Conceptualizing 'Use' in Social Media Studies

Cited by 20 publications

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Do smartphone usage scales predict behavior?

Do smartphone usage scales predict behavior?

Are smartphones really that bad? Improving the psychological measurement of technology-related behaviors

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