Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewards of profound boredom
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Re: Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewards of profound boredom
#2This looked interesting and then I read the following in the press release: “Dr Hill said the research sampled 15 participants of varying age, occupational and education backgrounds in England and the Republic of Ireland, who had been put on furlough or asked to work from home.”
So the hypothesis is based on 15 people, in one region of the world, in a very specific circumstance. The authors admit the research is limited, but if you don’t read deeply into the press release you might come away thinking this finding—if you can call it that—is much more solid than the actual survey methodology would support.
Re: Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewards of profound boredom
#3This looked interesting and then I read the following in the press release: “Dr Hill said the research sampled 15 participants of varying age, occupational and education backgrounds in England and the Republic of Ireland, who had been put on furlough or asked to work from home.” So the hypothesis is based on 15 people, in one region of the world, in a very specific circumstance. The authors admit the research is limi…
Indeed, those findings are good prompt for the researchers to continue their research, but not something you publish as the results!
Re: Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewards of profound boredom
#4This looked interesting and then I read the following in the press release: “Dr Hill said the research sampled 15 participants of varying age, occupational and education backgrounds in England and the Republic of Ireland, who had been put on furlough or asked to work from home.” So the hypothesis is based on 15 people, in one region of the world, in a very specific circumstance. The authors admit the research is limi…
Why leave out the context?
> Dr Hill said the research sampled 15 participants of varying age, occupational and education backgrounds in England and the Republic of Ireland, who had been put on furlough or asked to work from home. He said the survey was relatively limited and that it also would be valuable to examine, for example, the role that material conditions and social class played in people’s experience of boredom.
> “We think these initial findings will resonate with so many people’s experiences of the pandemic and their use of social media to alleviate boredom, and we would like to see this research taken further,” he said.
Re: Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewards of profound boredom
#5This looked interesting and then I read the following in the press release: “Dr Hill said the research sampled 15 participants of varying age, occupational and education backgrounds in England and the Republic of Ireland, who had been put on furlough or asked to work from home.” So the hypothesis is based on 15 people, in one region of the world, in a very specific circumstance. The authors admit the research is limi…
Indeed, those findings are good prompt for the researchers to continue their research, but not something you publish as the results!
Why not? Just because it's published doesn't mean it implies that it's found an absolute truth that can't ever be changed or further analyzed.
Re: Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewards of profound boredom
#6I did not read the study, but the finding seems trivial and limited at the same time:
Anything you do to alleviate or prevent boredom that is not creative can be said to 'prevent reaping creative rewards' of boredom. Not just social media (or any media consumption, really) but also sports or calling a friend or helping in a soup kitchen. If you didn't do it, you'd feel boredom, and might pick up something creative instead.
Re: Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewards of profound boredom
#7Do people still use social media that much?
Re: Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewards of profound boredom
#8I did not read the study, but the finding seems trivial and limited at the same time: Anything you do to alleviate or prevent boredom that is not creative can be said to 'prevent reaping creative rewards' of boredom. Not just social media (or any media consumption, really) but also sports or calling a friend or helping in a soup kitchen. If you didn't do it, you'd feel boredom, and might pick up something creative in…
Sports use more muscles and cardio than social media scrolling. Phonecalls at least rely on speech instead of an algorithm deciding what to show you. Helping in a Soup Kitchen is obviously more productive than doom-scrolling.
All of those examples are better uses of time than passively consuming "Social Media"
Re: Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewards of profound boredom
#9Do people still use social media that much?
You're asking this question on a social media site...
Re: Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewards of profound boredom
#10Do people still use social media that much?
While Facebook's numbers may be down, TikTol is doing good, I heard.