Digital media and wellbeing among children and adolescents in Ticino

Digital Lives

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DIGITAL LIVES: WHAT DOES SMARTPHONE-MEDIATED COMMUNICATION FEEL LIKE? is a research project conducted between 2018 and 2020. The aim of the project was to better understand the effects of instant messaging platforms such as WhatsApp among young adults. The project used an innovative approach and combined different methodologies. In an experimental setting, the research team introduced psychophysiological measures of heart rate and electrodermal activity to obtain an objective and real-time response to messages sent via WhatsApp. The messages were manipulated with regards to their valence (es. positive vs negative) and latency (es. immediate vs delayed response). This allowed studying which aspects of instant messaging induced arousal and how this arousal was perceived. The project was funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation and conducted in collaboration with the DCMlab of the University of Fribourg.

Principal investigators

Anne-Linda Camerini

Serena Petrocchi

 

Co-coordinator

Laura Marciano

 

Collaborators

Anna Maria Annoni

Chiara Filipponi

Chiara Antonietti

 

External collaborator

Alexander Ort

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  • Publications

    Camerini, A. L., Marciano, L., Annoni, A. M., Ort, A., & Petrocchi, S. (2022). Exploring the emotional experience during Instant Messaging among young adults: An experimental study incorporating physiological correlates of arousal. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 840845. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.840845

    Annoni, A. M., Petrocchi, S., Camerini, A. L., & Marciano, L. (2021). The relationship between social anxiety, smartphone use, dispositional trust, and problematic smartphone use: A moderated mediation model. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(5), 2452. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18052452

    Petrocchi, S., Marciano, L., Annoni, A. M., & Camerini, A. L. (2020). “What you say and how you say it” matters: An experimental evidence of the role of synchronicity, modality, and message valence during smartphone-mediated communication. PloS ONE, 15(9), e0237846. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0237846