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The impact of social media on information processing: is caring sharing?
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The impact of social media on information processing: is caring sharing?
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Melissa
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1993-
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Melissa Waer
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Rutgers University
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Camden Graduate School
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Social media use is becoming more frequent with people across many ages and cultures. This raises the question of how social media usage affects cognition. Previous research shows that social media may negatively impact task performance across a range of domains. The current studies aim to determine if “shareworthy” experiences themselves may prime social media. In each study, we primed participants to think about social media and included a neutral control condition. After the prime, participants completed a modified Stroop task. We predicted that reaction times on the Stroop task would be slower for social media words after being primed to think about social media. In Study 1, participants read both a set of bizarre stories and a set of stories about finance. In Study 2, participants viewed a set of images similar to those found on social media (the priming condition) and also a set of images of mundane scenes and activities. In Study 3, participants were explicitly primed to think about social media and then took the modified Stroop task. Only Study 2 revealed significant differences in RTs, but in the opposite direction of what was predicted. Limitations and broader implications of these studies are discussed.
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Psychology
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Social media
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Cognition
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Human information processing
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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