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Beyond being what a Forrester Research analyst characterized as the largest video platform on the globe, as of January 2012 YouTube was also the world's second most popular search engine. [3] However, YouTube keyword searches are confined to metadata —video titles and labels—rather than the video content itself.
Problematic social media use is associated with various psychological and physiological effects, [15] such as anxiety and depression in children and young people. [ 16 ] A 2022 meta-analysis showed moderate and significant associations between problematic social media use in youth and increased symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress. [ 17 ]
Despite the research, people from younger generations report that they feel multitasking is easy, even "a way of life." They perceive themselves as good at it and spend a substantial amount of their time engaged in one form of multitasking or another (for example, watching TV while doing homework, listening to music while doing homework, or even all three things at once).
As the rate of loneliness increases yearly among people of every age group and more so in the elderly, with known detrimental physical and psychological effects, there is a need to find new ways to connect people with each other and especially so at a time when a whole lot of the human attention is focused on electronic devices, it is a challenge.
Cases of people being treated for "binge watching addiction" have already been reported. [ 24 ] Research published by media scholar, Dr. Anne Sweet, Ph.D., underlines that binge-watching is a form of compulsive consumption, similar to binge-eating , or binge-drinking , and that due to its addictive aspects, it could even represent a form of TV ...
According to the article 'Digital power: exploring the effects of social media on children's spirituality', children consider the Internet as their third place after home and school. [36] One of the main effects social media has had on children is the effect of cyber bullying.
Since the 1960s, psychologists have conducted experiments on the nature and limits of human multitasking. The simplest experimental design used to investigate human multitasking is the so-called psychological refractory period effect. Here, people are asked to make separate responses to each of two stimuli presented close together in time.
Media psychology is a branch of psychology that focuses on the interactions between human behavior, media, and technology.Media psychology is not limited to mass media or media content; it includes all forms of mediated communication and media technology-related behaviors, such as the use, design, impact, and sharing behaviors.