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A new approach to reducing the negative effects of social media on the well-being : profile badges
Vreeman, H.S. (2023) A new approach to reducing the negative effects of social media on the well-being : profile badges.
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| Abstract: | Various studies have failed to reduce the negative effects of social comparison on social media on the well-being of users with an intervention. This design science paper aims to improve on existing knowledge, by creating and testing a new solution: Profile Badges. The effectivity of the badges is tested in a Between-Samples experiment, conducted with 40 female participants in the Netherlands. The negative effects of social media were reduced in the group that saw the profile badges. Limitations of the study were a small sample size, the influence of nationality, and the influence of the setup of the experiment. Contrary to previous studies, the negative effects of social comparison were reduced in either the more often comparing, as in the less often socially comparing individual. This indicates that Profile Badges are a proper new approach in reducing the negative effects on the well-being of social media. This paper provides new insights, methods, and a design for an intervention, for both researchers in the field of Human Computer Interaction and Psychology, as for social media sites that want to reduce the negative impact of social media on the well-being of their users. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | EEMCS: Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science |
| Subject: | 05 communication studies, 54 computer science, 70 social sciences in general |
| Programme: | Business & IT BSc (56066) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/94358 |
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