Hi Preston! Very interesting study, and very relevant right now as we're all glued to our mobile devices trying to understand the pandemic! This raises some excellent initial evidence for future study. You handle the application of two scales very well, but this is always tough in analysis given the differences of the scales. Did you do any pre-work to find their correlative ability in general as you applied the data of both? That would be my first question as a reviewer. I like the questions you raise, but wonder if there would be ways to control for confounding in future studies by defining more clearly whether you're looking at depression in general versus a depressive event (very different!) and whether you're looking at social media use generally versus specific social media viewing. COVID-19 really brings the question to light -- would my Facebook/Snapchat/You Tube/Twitter/Tumbler/Instagram addiction lead to more depression episodes depending on whether everyone was talking about their fear, loneliness and boredom from COVID versus people talking about their last date or party? Sure is the case for me! Tom Workman, American Institutes for Research, Class of 2001
Preston: Social media is a popular area of study, perhaps even more relevant right now than ever before. I am curious whether the particular social media matters, as well as how the addiction to social media is measured. For example, is the addiction scale designed for all types of social media? I wonder if individuals experience the effects of social media differently on primarily visual representations (Instagram) versus more language-based platforms or platforms of combined visual and language-based. Similarly, can one be addicted to a single social media platform and experience the same negative effects as one who is addicted to multiple social media platforms. I have had several students conduct research on FOMO and social media, thus, my curiosity is piqued as to the role of FOMO and social media addiction (i.e. what prompts the tendency toward addiction). I know I'm spreading out from your original intent. You have identified a highly-relevant area of study with numerous growth and intersection possibilities for future work--one of the best outcomes of good research! [This is Mary Gill, Director of M.A. in Org Leadership at Buena Vista University]
Hi Preston! Very interesting study, and very relevant right now as we're all glued to our mobile devices trying to understand the pandemic! This raises some excellent initial evidence for future study. You handle the application of two scales very well, but this is always tough in analysis given the differences of the scales. Did you do any pre-work to find their correlative ability in general as you applied the data of both? That would be my first question as a reviewer. I like the questions you raise, but wonder if there would be ways to control for confounding in future studies by defining more clearly whether you're looking at depression in general versus a depressive event (very different!) and whether you're looking at social media use generally versus specific social media viewing. COVID-19 really brings the question to light -- would my Facebook/Snapchat/You Tube/Twitter/Tumbler/Instagram addiction lead to more depression episodes depending on whether everyone was talking about their fear, loneliness and boredom from COVID versus people talking about their last date or party? Sure is the case for me! Tom Workman, American Institutes for Research, Class of 2001
ReplyDeletePreston: Social media is a popular area of study, perhaps even more relevant right now than ever before. I am curious whether the particular social media matters, as well as how the addiction to social media is measured. For example, is the addiction scale designed for all types of social media? I wonder if individuals experience the effects of social media differently on primarily visual representations (Instagram) versus more language-based platforms or platforms of combined visual and language-based. Similarly, can one be addicted to a single social media platform and experience the same negative effects as one who is addicted to multiple social media platforms. I have had several students conduct research on FOMO and social media, thus, my curiosity is piqued as to the role of FOMO and social media addiction (i.e. what prompts the tendency toward addiction). I know I'm spreading out from your original intent. You have identified a highly-relevant area of study with numerous growth and intersection possibilities for future work--one of the best outcomes of good research! [This is Mary Gill, Director of M.A. in Org Leadership at Buena Vista University]
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