Sound of silence: Does Muting Notifications Reduce Phone Use?

Liao, Mengqi; Sundar, S. Shyam

doi:10.1016/j.chb.2022.107338

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“…19 These results by type of policy, suggest that at schools with a strict policy, students experienced a larger increase in their educational performance, when it comes to GPA and test scores. This is in line with several behavioral experiments showing that having the phone nearby but in a silent mood, is still distracting and could potentially even increase phone usage, especially among persons with phone addiction having increased FoMO (Liao and Sundar, 2022). For high school track, mental health, and bullying the results are less pronounced by type of ban.…”

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confidence: 88%

“…Schools with a more lenient policy only require students to have their phones on silent mood during lectures. Behavioral experiments have shown that just having your phone nearby, but in a silent mood, could even increase phone usage, especially for people with increased "Fear-Of-Missing-Out" (FoMo) (Liao and Sundar, 2022). For specialist and GP consultations related to psychological symptoms and diseases, the effect by type of ban is less distinguishable.…”

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Smartphone Bans, Student Outcomes and Mental Health

Abrahamsson

2024

SSRN Journal

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Section: Type Of Bansupporting

confidence: 88%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Smartphone Bans, Student Outcomes and Mental Health

Abrahamsson

2024

SSRN Journal

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“…A similar study found that users check their smartphones for new notifications more often when the smartphone is in silent mode compared to the audio or vibrate modes (Liao & Sundar, 2022). Again, it was noted that users with high FOMO and NTB are more likely to be psychologically distressed by the silent mode and compulsively check their smartphones.…”

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confidence: 83%

Patterns of Meaningful and Meaningless Smartphone Use: A Diary Study

Almoallim,

Sas

2023

Electronic Workshops in Computing

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Smartphones are highly popular, addictive everyday technologies which raised concerns about over-dependency. This has led to a wealth of research on smartphone overuse, albeit exploration of how habitual or phone overuse contrasts with purposeful or more meaningful use has been limited. To address this gap, this paper reports a one-week diary study with 20 users. Findings highlight the distinction between pragmatic and eudemonic activities supporting meaningful use, and of hedonic activities associated with habitual use. We suggest a more nuanced conversation of habitual and meaning smartphone use, and conclude with two design implications advocating support for pragmatic experiences augmented with hedonic content, and support for meaningful use rather than limiting meaningless use.

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“…To effectively address IA, it is necessary to implement comprehensive school-based prevention programs that increase awareness, develop coping strategies, and promote responsible digital technology use. These programs can be integrated into the school curricula and should include methods to improve self-control and enhance knowledge of the underlying processes that contribute to excessive online activity, such as constant notifications [64], [65]. Schools can take additional steps by implementing digital well-being initiatives, such as mindfulness exercises and the integration of technology breaks into the daily schedule..…”

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Assessing the Impact of Essential and Leisure Internet Use and Related Happiness on Internet Addiction in Early and Middle Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)

Chemnad,

Aziz,

Al- Harahsheh

et al. 2024

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BACKGROUND Adolescent Internet addiction (IA) has become a growing concern in today's society as the use of technology and the Internet has become increasingly prevalent in the lives of young people. OBJECTIVE Our study aims to differentiate between screen time spent on essential activities and non-essential Internet activities and how they relate to internet addiction (IA) in early and middle adolescents. Conducted among adolescents of Arab origin, our study addresses the limitation of the literature, which predominantly focuses on WEIRD (Western, educated, industrialized, rich, and democratic) populations. METHODS This study surveyed 377 adolescents in Qatar. The survey gathered information on participants' demographics, the Internet Addiction Diagnostic Questionnaire, time spent on essential and non-essential Internet use, and subjective happiness associated with the amount of time spent on non-essential Internet use. Factorial analysis, multiple regression, and logistic regression were used for statistical analysis. RESULTS Results: Time spent on non-essential Internet use predicted IA in early and middle adolescents, whereas essential Internet use did not. Happiness with time spent on non-essential Internet use negatively predicted IA in middle adolescents only; greater dissatisfaction led to a higher IA risk. CONCLUSIONS Conclusion: Findings suggest that interventions aimed at addressing IA should focus on addressing non-essential use specifically rather than considering Internet use and screen time in general as a single entity. This approach can help effectively address factors contributing to IA.

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Sound of silence: Does Muting Notifications Reduce Phone Use?

Cited by 14 publications

References 46 publications

Smartphone Bans, Student Outcomes and Mental Health

Smartphone Bans, Student Outcomes and Mental Health

Patterns of Meaningful and Meaningless Smartphone Use: A Diary Study

Assessing the Impact of Essential and Leisure Internet Use and Related Happiness on Internet Addiction in Early and Middle Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study (Preprint)

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