Social media fatigue: Causes and concerns

Sunil, Shweta; Sharma, Manoj Kumar; Amudhan, Senthil; Anand, Nitin; John, Nisha

doi:10.1177/00207640221074800

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“…Several studies documented high public exposure to mass and social media during the first wave of COVID-19 (Mohammadi, arafshan, Bashi & Mohammadi, 2020). The explanation for differences in results in first and last wave might be due to Media Fatigue, It refers to increased levels of information overload experienced due to massive usage of social media and leads to information avoidance as a normal consequence of pandemic fatigue (Sunil, Sharma, Amudhan, Anand & John, 2022).…”

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Psychological and behavioral responses to COVID-19

Mohamed

Hoda

Osman

2022

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Background: There is epidemic fatigue due to the prolonged COVID-19-related restrictions. Some individuals seem to exercise fewer precautions recently in comparison to the onset of the pandemic. Aim: To assess psychological and behavioral responses to COVID-19 and media influences at fourth versus first wave. Design: Online cross-sectional survey. Methods: A total of 1005 participants were recruited using snowball sampling from nine Arab countries Egypt, Iraq, Algeria, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan, Kuwait, Syria and Libya through fourth wave of COVID-19. Five questionnaires were employed: General Information Questionnaire, Psychological and Behavioral Responses, Corona Disease Anxiety Scale (CDAS), Health Belief Model (HBM) Construct and Media Exposure Questionnaire. Results: Most of participants reported low level of; psychological responses (86%), Corona disease anxiety (78.3%) and media exposure (84.6%). Although majority of participants (70%) indicated low barriers to adhere the preventive behavior, (37%) reported a lower compliance than the first wave and (35.6%) had low perceived susceptibility. There was statistically significant positive correlation between media exposure and health beliefs, psychological and behavioral responses to COVID-19, and Corona disease anxiety. Conclusion: The proper use of social media for information purposes is beneficial in shaping psychological and behavioral responses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Psychological and behavioral responses to COVID-19

Mohamed

Hoda

Osman

2022

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“…In the context of the gradual spread of SMF, a growing body of empirical literature has investigated the antecedents and consequences of SMF (e.g., Bright et al, 2015; Dhir et al, 2019; Sunil et al, 2022). Among these studies, the relationship between SMF and social media use has been a focal point of researchers’ attention, but the conclusions have been inconsistent and even contradictory.…”

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“…To our knowledge, there have been two systematic reviews (Sunil et al, 2022; H. Zheng & Ling, 2021) and one meta-analysis (Ou et al, 2023) that have involved the relationship between SMF and social media use.…”

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Are fatigued users fleeing social media? A three-level meta-analysis on the association between social media fatigue and social media use.

Chen,

Sun,

Zhang

et al. 2024

Psychology of Popular Media

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As users' psychological involvement with social media enters a bottleneck, social media fatigue (SMF) is silently growing. Numerous studies investigating the relationship between social media use and SMF have shown disparate results, leading to substantial uncertainty of SMF in relation to different types of social media use. To clarify this controversy, this study used the three-level meta-analytic method to quantitatively synthesize 121 studies with 213 effect sizes (N = 55,896). No significant publication bias was detected. Results showed that SMF was highly positively related to both discontinuous use (r = .46) and problematic use (r = .43), but negligibly related to general use (r = .09). Moderator analyses indicated that the age of the sample, assessment mode, and type of social media moderated the relationship between SMF and social media use. These findings suggest a widespread "SMF paradox" among social media users, in which they have a negative attitude toward social media but still rely heavily on it and do not significantly reduce the intensity of their use. Instead, they may tend to engage in passive use. We attempted to explain this phenomenon from the three-dimensional perspective of social media use. Public Policy Relevance StatementThe question of whether fatigued users truly flee social media has been a topic of controversy in previous studies. To address this issue, this meta-analysis examined the association between social media fatigue (SMF) and social media use based on data from over 55,000 participants in 121 longitudinal studies. The findings suggest the existence of an SMF paradox; that is, although fatigued users have negative attitudes toward social media, they also exhibit high psychological dependence, which leads them to maintain their social media use rather than reducing or abandoning it. Instead, they may tend to engage in passive use.

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“… 47 It seems that people who focus more on online self-presentation are more likely to feel higher SMF, which results in a more passive use of SM in the form of not initiating activity or responding to displayed content. As for protective factors against SMF, 48 four umbrella factors have been identified: cognitive, personality, environmental, and social.…”

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Problematic Smartphone Use and Social Media Fatigue: The Mediating Role of Self-Control

Świątek¹,

Szczęśniak²,

Aleksandrowicz³

et al. 2023

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Background Excessive social media consumption leads to addiction and affects mental health. It is a phenomenon that is difficult to avoid. Previous research on the effects of excessive Internet use shows that people who engage in social media (SM) without restraint experience over-involvement, over-disclosure, technostress, and social media fatigue (SMF). SMF, conceptualized as an emotional and cognitive feeling of being overwhelmed, manifests itself in mindless browsing of content, limiting the amount of time spent on SM, or quitting SM altogether. Self-control, although present in the technology addiction literature and psychology research, has been rarely described in relation to both excessive SM use and SMF. Therefore, the main goal of the present study was to verify whether there is a direct relationship between problematic smartphone use and SMF, and whether this association is mediated by self-control. Methods The study included 210 respondents ( M = 25.85, SD = 9.84) living in different Polish cities. The survey was conducted online, and the respondents consented to participate in the study. They completed the following measures: the Mobile Phone Problematic Use, the Self-Control Scale, the Social Media Fatigue Scale, and a brief questionnaire with socio-demographic data. Results Statistical analysis was performed to verify the relationship between problematic mobile phone use, level of self-control, and SMF. The outcomes indicate that there are significant interrelationships between the three studied variables. The association between problematic smartphone use and SMF is mediated by self-control. Conclusion A lack of impulse-inhibition skills, such as compulsive checking of notifications, can be a significant factor in SM exhaustion, fatigue, or frustration. SMF can also be understood as a natural defensive response, triggered in situations where individuals are overwhelmed, when the self-control is insufficient to stop the compulsion to use SM, and the use of a smartphone for this purpose is excessively engaging.

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Social media fatigue: Causes and concerns

Cited by 16 publications

References 17 publications

Psychological and behavioral responses to COVID-19

Psychological and behavioral responses to COVID-19

Are fatigued users fleeing social media? A three-level meta-analysis on the association between social media fatigue and social media use.

Problematic Smartphone Use and Social Media Fatigue: The Mediating Role of Self-Control

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