Keywords

screentime, misestimation, social media, mental health

Abstract

Mobile platform providers have provided the ability to measure the time consumers spend on each app. This provides the opportunity to measure a consumer’s misestimation of their screentime which is a concept relevant to several mental health attributes such as depression, anxiety, and addiction. We provide additional evidence about the effect of objective screentime on mental health, but add a unique perspective on how screentime misestimation is determined by various mental health attributes. We collected data from a student sample (n=1005) who are from the demographic who most commonly use social media apps (18-29 yr olds). We measured our model across several of the most common platforms including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube to maximize the practical implications. The results indicate that mental health attributes can indeed be reflected by misestimations of screentime. However, this effect varies by social media platform.

Original Publication Citation

"What Can Mental Health Teach Us About Social Media Screen Time Misestimation?", 2021

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2021

Publisher

Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Pre-ICIS Workshop on HCI Research in MIS

Language

English

College

Marriott School of Business

Department

Information Systems Management

University Standing at Time of Publication

Associate Professor

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