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.

这个I-Corps项目的更广泛的影响/商业潜力是开发一种诊断工具，该工具使用对自我报告的情绪状态以及内容参与和在社交媒体网站上花费的时间的分析，为用户创建个性化的社交媒体干预。所提出的技术还可以收集汇总级数据，以了解社交媒体参与和情感健康的阈值。目前，超过90%的青少年和年轻人是社交媒体用户，近一半的人几乎经常在线。研究表明，花在智能手机上的时间与高水平的孤独、焦虑和抑郁有关。这项技术旨在减轻“永远在线”社交媒体文化的影响。目前解决这一问题的产品包括允许用户短暂锁定自己的手机以限制屏幕时间的应用程序。这些应用程序为一个更深层次的问题提供了短期解决方案-一种需要高度警惕和持续参与的社交媒体文化。社交媒体被设计成一个沉浸式的环境，用户在其中“浪费时间”，连续几个小时无意识地滚动。拟议的技术旨在提供一个长期的，可持续的解决方案，以社会媒体的依赖。这个I-Corps项目是基于诊断工具的发展，以促进正念周围的社会媒体的使用。这项技术旨在：1）提高人们对无意识社交媒体习惯的认识，包括在这些网站上花费的时间和促使点击社交媒体应用程序的社会情感触发因素; 2）刺激人们反思在社交媒体上花费的时间如何影响情感健康; 3）通过建议非屏幕相关的大脑休息来提供屏幕时间的瞬时干预。我们的目标是使与技术设备和社交媒体相关的无意识的、无意识的行为变得可见。这项技术解决了社交媒体上过多的屏幕时间和社会比较的危害，特别是在年轻人中，这是一个在研究文献中有充分记录的问题。这个想法来自NSF的研究结果，表明年轻人努力自我调节屏幕时间和打破常规可能是社交媒体如何影响自尊和情感幸福的自我意识的强大催化剂。许多研究表明，抑郁、焦虑和低自尊与年轻人在社交媒体上花费的时间有关。然而，很少有研究人员提供解决方案，目前还没有广泛使用的干预措施。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。