I-Corps: Interactive Technology for Social Media Use Awareness and Intervention

I-Corps：社交媒体使用意识和干预的互动技术

• 批准号: 2203209
• 负责人: Nicole Taylor
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Texas State University - San Marcos
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-04-01 至 2022-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2203209&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Corps; Interactive; Technology; Social; Media

The broader impact/commercial potential of this I-Corps project is the development of a diagnostic tool that uses analytics on self-reported emotional state as well as content engagement and time spent on social media sites to create personalized social media interventions for users. The proposed technology also may gather aggregate level data to understand what the thresholds are for social media engagement and emotional well-being. Currently, more than 90 percent of teens and young adults are social media users, and nearly half report being online almost constantly. Research correlates time spent on smartphones with high levels of loneliness, anxiety, and depression. The proposed technology aims to mitigate the effects of “always on” social media culture. Current products that address this issue include apps that allow the user to briefly lock themselves out of their phones to limit screen time. These apps provide short-term solutions to a deeper problem – a culture of social media that demands hypervigilance and constant engagement. Social media is designed to be an immersive environment where users “lose time” mindlessly scrolling for hours on end. The proposed technology aims to provide a long-term, sustainable solution to social media dependence.This I-Corps project is based on the development of a diagnostic tool to promote mindfulness around social media use. The proposed technology is designed to: 1) raise awareness of unconscious social media habits, including time spent on these sites and socio-emotional triggers that prompt clicking on social media apps; 2) stimulating reflection of how time spent on social media affects emotional well-being; and 3) providing momentary interventions in screen time through suggestions for non-screen related brain breaks. The goal is to make visible unconscious, routinized behaviors related to technology devices and social media. The proposed technology addresses the harms of excessive screen time and social comparison on social media, especially among youth, a problem that has been well-documented in the research literature. This idea emerged out of findings from NSF research suggesting that youth struggle to self-regulate screen time and a break in routine may serve as a powerful catalyst for self-awareness of how social media affects self-esteem and emotional well-being. Numerous studies have correlated depression, anxiety and low self-esteem with time spent on social media among youth. Yet, few researchers offer solutions and there are no widely used interventions at this time.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发一种诊断工具，该工具使用自我报告的情绪状态，内容参与以及在社交媒体网站上花费的时间来为用户创建个性化的社交媒体干预措施。提出的技术还可以收集汇总数据，以了解社交媒体参与和情感健康的门槛。目前，超过90％的青少年和年轻人是社交媒体使用者，几乎一半的青少年报道几乎在线上一直在线。研究将花费的时间与高水平的孤独感，焦虑和抑郁症的智能手机相关。拟议的技术旨在减轻“始终对”社交媒体文化的影响。解决此问题的当前产品包括允许用户将自己短暂地锁定在手机上以限制屏幕时间的应用程序。这些应用程序为更深层次的问题提供了短期解决方案 - 一种社交媒体文化，需要过度维护和持续参与。社交媒体旨在成为一种身临其境的环境，用户“浪费时间”盲目地滚动几个小时。拟议的技术旨在为社交媒体依赖提供长期，可持续的解决方案。这个I-Corps项目基于开发诊断工具，以促进社交媒体使用的正念。拟议的技术旨在：1）提高人们对无意识的社交媒体习惯的认识，包括在这些网站上花费的时间和社会情感触发器，这些触发器迅速点击社交媒体应用程序； 2）刺激在社交媒体上花费的时间影响情感幸福感的反思； 3）通过对非屏幕相关的大脑断裂的建议在屏幕时间内提供短暂的干预。目的是使可见的无意识，常规行为与技术设备和社交媒体相关。拟议的技术解决了对社交媒体的过度屏幕时间和社交比较的危害，尤其是在青年中，这一问题在研究文献中已有据可查。 NSF研究的发现中出现了这个想法，这表明青年努力自我调节的放映时间和例行休息可能是对社交媒体如何影响自尊心和情感幸福感的自我意识的有力催化剂。许多研究将抑郁症，焦虑和低自尊与年轻人在社交媒体上花费的时间相关联。然而，很少有研究人员提供解决方案，目前没有广泛使用的干预措施。该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并且使用基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准，被视为通过评估而被视为珍贵的支持。