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the research, which was presented at the chi 2022 conference in new orleans , was inspired by stories of everyday disassociation that researchers commonly heard from people who were getting lost in their phones during the early days of the pandemic. they wanted to gain a better understanding of how people were interacting with social media and see if they could use intervention strategies to minimize the likelihood of users spacing out or feeling a loss of control while scrolling.
“i think people experience a lot of shame around social media use,” said amanda baughan , lead author of the study and a doctoral student in the paul g. allen school of computer science & engineering at the university of washington. “one of the things i like about this framing of ‘dissociation’ rather than ‘addiction’ is that it changes the narrative. instead of: ‘i should be able to have more self-control,’ it’s more like: ‘we all naturally dissociate in many ways throughout our day — whether it’s daydreaming or scrolling through instagram, we stop paying attention to what’s happening around us.’”
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dave yasvinski is a writer with healthing.ca