Procrastination on Social Networking Sites: Combating by Design

Alblwi, Abdulaziz; Stefanidis, Angelos; Phalp, Keith; Ali, Raian

doi:10.1109/rcis.2019.8876959

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“…For example, FoMO on instant messaging has a different nature and patterns on online forums. Using such a democratic technique can bring in-depth insight into the method design, and thus allowing a better understanding of the target population and a more effective design of the countermeasures [ 68 , 69 ].…”

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Combating Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) on Social Media: The FoMO-R Method

Alutaybi

Al-Thani

McAlaney

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IJERPH

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Background: The fear of missing out (FoMO) on social media refers to the apprehension that online content and interactions from others are unseen and reacted to in a timely fashion. FoMO can become problematic, leading to anxiety, interrupted sleep, lack of concentration and dependence on social media to generate gratification. The literature has mainly focused on understanding the FoMO experience, factors contributing to it and its consequences. Method: In this paper, we build on previous research and develop a FoMO Reduction (FoMO-R) approach that embraces technical elements such as autoreply, filtering, status, education on how FoMO occurs and skills on how to deal with it; e.g., self-talk and checklists. We evaluate the method through focus groups and a diary study involving 30 participants who self-declared to experience FoMO regularly. Results: The results show that the method was accepted by the participants and helped them to manage their FoMO. They also show that a set of extra functionalities in social media design is needed so that users can manage FoMO more effectively. Conclusion: FoMO can be reduced through socio-technical approaches, joining both social and technical skills, and literacy on how social media are designed and how social interactions should happen on them.

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Combating Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) on Social Media: The FoMO-R Method

Alutaybi

Al-Thani

McAlaney

et al. 2020

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“…The findings are meant to inform the literature on how SNS facilitate procrastination as a first step to designing persuasive techniques to counterbalance that side-effect. Hence, we used our findings in [10] as a baseline for devising countermeasures to combat procrastination on SNS.…”

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Procrastination on Social Networks: Types and Triggers

Alblwi

Stefanidis

Phalp

et al. 2019

2019 6th International Conference on Behavioral, Economic and Socio-Cultural Computing (BESC)

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Procrastination refers to a voluntary delay of a needed or committed task that might hurt productivity and wellbeing requirements such as self-acceptance, personal growth and positive relations with others. People might procrastinate due to a lack of motivation towards performing a task or a mismatch between the task and their skills. Social Networks Sites (SNS) are designed to provide users with the opportunity to socialise and feel relatedness despite being physically separated. SNSs design is typically equipped with a rich set of persuasive tools to encourage more social interaction. Such tools can entice procrastination when users have low self-regulation ability, and seek avoidance and mood modification. As a first step in designing persuasive features which would help people control their procrastination, there is a need to understand how existing SNS features persuade procrastination in the first place. In this paper, we conduct a multi-stage qualitative study to explore the occurrence of procrastination and the prominent features of SNS design that trigger and facilitate it. We use focus groups to explore SNS procrastination, and then get a more ecologically valid, detailed and in-context data via a ten days' diary study followed by clarification interviews. The findings shed light on prominent types of procrastination and features in SNS design that can persuade and increase, in certain contexts, the chance for procrastination.

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“…This may be interconnected with digital addiction, where the desire to achieve mood modification leads individuals to use social media as a way to avoid stressful or demanding tasks [ 8 ]. Procrastination means a delay of another task and our previous research in [ 8 , 12 , 13 ] showed that users wish to see motivational elements in that task that then add a degree of satisfaction that they get from social media, for example, being rewarded, task completion and getting social support while doing it.…”

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“…While social media has brought many benefits, such usage styles can be seen as problematic, resulting in reduced academic performance, lack of real-world social skills, neglecting meals and physical activities. Our previous work has also demonstrated that the design of SNS features plays a significant role in facilitating procrastination [ 8 , 12 , 13 ]. This indicates that a method to combat procrastination on SNS needs to build resilience to these SNS triggers and utilise additional features to combat them.…”

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“…In our previous work, we demonstrated the role of SNS design in facilitating procrastination and explained the different types of procrastination [ 8 ]. We suggested countermeasures to combat procrastination and how to implement these countermeasures in SNS design [ 12 ]. We then conducted a survey involving 334 participants to examine the extent to which the respondents agree with our previous findings [ 13 ].…”

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Managing Procrastination on Social Networking Sites: The D-Crastinate Method

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Procrastination refers to the voluntary avoidance or postponement of action that needs to be taken, that results in negative consequences such as low academic performance, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Previous work has demonstrated the role of social networking site (SNS) design in users’ procrastination and revealed several types of procrastination on SNS. In this work, we propose a method to combat procrastination on SNS (D-Crastinate). We present the theories and approaches that informed the design of D-Crastinate method and its stages. The method is meant to help users to identify the type of procrastination they experience and the SNS features that contribute to that procrastination. Then, based on the results of this phase, a set of customised countermeasures are suggested for each user with guidelines on how to apply them. To evaluate our D-Crastinate method, we utilised a mixed-method approach that included a focus group, diary study and survey. We evaluate the method in terms of its clarity, coverage, efficiency, acceptance and whether it helps to increase users’ consciousness and management of their own procrastination. The evaluation study involved participants who self-declared that they frequently procrastinate on SNS. The results showed a positive impact of D-Crastinate in increasing participants’ awareness and control over their procrastination and, hence, enhancing their digital wellbeing.

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Procrastination on Social Networking Sites: Combating by Design

Cited by 6 publications

References 39 publications

Combating Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) on Social Media: The FoMO-R Method

Combating Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) on Social Media: The FoMO-R Method

Procrastination on Social Networks: Types and Triggers

Managing Procrastination on Social Networking Sites: The D-Crastinate Method

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