Addicts without substance? Social media addiction when Facebook shuts down
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Paper/Presentation Title | Addicts without substance? Social media addiction when Facebook shuts down |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Sedera, Darshana (Author) and Lokuge, Sachithra (Author) |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2020) |
Article Number | 1680 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2020 |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISBN | 9781733632553 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2020/social_media/social_media/4/ |
Conference/Event | 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2020) |
Event Details | 41st International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS 2020) Parent International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) Delivery Online Event Date 13 to end of 16 Dec 2020 Event Location Hyderabad, India |
Abstract | In March 2018, a series of anti-social and racial riots in Sri Lanka led to a government-controlled ban of all social media use in the country for 14 days. This nation-wide ban included the use of all social media such as Facebook, Twitter and communication apps like WhatsApp, Viber and WeChat. Until the day of the sanctions, a population of 23 million in Sri Lanka had never experienced government sanctions, restrictions or interventions on social media use. This sudden ban provided a unique window of opportunity to investigate social media non-use and use and how it might lead to psychological distress. Using a longitudinal study design of two surveys, analyzing data of 476 and 205 respectively, this study makes insightful preliminary observations of social media non-use and use continuum. |
Keywords | social media, addiction, non-use, use, longitudinal survey |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 460909. Information systems philosophy, research methods and theory |
Public Notes | No evidence of copyright restrictions preventing deposit of paper. |
Byline Affiliations | Southern Cross University |
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q692x/addicts-without-substance-social-media-addiction-when-facebook-shuts-down
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