Sharing Personal Memories on Ephemeral Social Media Facilitates Autobiographical Memory
Authors: Johnson, A.J. and Morley, E.G.
Journal: Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking
Volume: 24
Issue: 11
Pages: 745-749
eISSN: 2152-2723
ISSN: 2152-2715
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2020.0511
Abstract:The mnemonic effect of posting personal experiences on ephemeral social media was examined. Participants completed a daily diary for 6 consecutive days. On alternate days they were instructed to use, or refrain from using, the ephemeral social media platform Snapchat. At the end of the week, participants received a surprise memory test for the contents of the diaries. We observed significantly superior recall for memories encoded on the Snapchat days, demonstrating memory facilitation despite memory type equivalency across the posting and no posting conditions. The study is the first to examine the effect of Snapchat use on autobiographical memory, with the findings supporting previous work showing that posting on social media facilitates memory. Given the ephemerality of Snapchat posts, the reported improvement in memory contradicts the notion that cognitive offloading occurs automatically when posting memories online.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35467/
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Sharing Personal Memories on Ephemeral Social Media Facilitates Autobiographical Memory.
Authors: Johnson, A.J. and Morley, E.G.
Journal: Cyberpsychol Behav Soc Netw
Volume: 24
Issue: 11
Pages: 745-749
eISSN: 2152-2723
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2020.0511
Abstract:The mnemonic effect of posting personal experiences on ephemeral social media was examined. Participants completed a daily diary for 6 consecutive days. On alternate days they were instructed to use, or refrain from using, the ephemeral social media platform Snapchat. At the end of the week, participants received a surprise memory test for the contents of the diaries. We observed significantly superior recall for memories encoded on the Snapchat days, demonstrating memory facilitation despite memory type equivalency across the posting and no posting conditions. The study is the first to examine the effect of Snapchat use on autobiographical memory, with the findings supporting previous work showing that posting on social media facilitates memory. Given the ephemerality of Snapchat posts, the reported improvement in memory contradicts the notion that cognitive offloading occurs automatically when posting memories online.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35467/
Source: PubMed
Sharing personal memories on ephemeral social media facilitates autobiographical memory
Authors: Johnson, A. and Morley, E.
Journal: CyberPsychology, Behavior and Social Networking
Publisher: Mary Ann Liebert Inc.
ISSN: 1094-9313
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2020.0511
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35467/
Source: Manual
Sharing Personal Memories on Ephemeral Social Media Facilitates Autobiographical Memory.
Authors: Johnson, A.J. and Morley, E.G.
Journal: Cyberpsychology, behavior and social networking
Volume: 24
Issue: 11
Pages: 745-749
eISSN: 2152-2723
ISSN: 2152-2715
DOI: 10.1089/cyber.2020.0511
Abstract:The mnemonic effect of posting personal experiences on ephemeral social media was examined. Participants completed a daily diary for 6 consecutive days. On alternate days they were instructed to use, or refrain from using, the ephemeral social media platform Snapchat. At the end of the week, participants received a surprise memory test for the contents of the diaries. We observed significantly superior recall for memories encoded on the Snapchat days, demonstrating memory facilitation despite memory type equivalency across the posting and no posting conditions. The study is the first to examine the effect of Snapchat use on autobiographical memory, with the findings supporting previous work showing that posting on social media facilitates memory. Given the ephemerality of Snapchat posts, the reported improvement in memory contradicts the notion that cognitive offloading occurs automatically when posting memories online.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35467/
Source: Europe PubMed Central
Sharing personal memories on ephemeral social media facilitates autobiographical memory
Authors: Johnson, A. and Morley, E.
Journal: CyberPsychology, Behavior and Social Networking
Volume: 24
Issue: 11
Pages: 745-749
ISSN: 2152-2715
Abstract:The mnemonic effect of posting personal experiences on ephemeral social media was examined. Participants completed a daily diary for 6 consecutive days. On alternate days they were instructed to use, or refrain from using, the ephemeral social media platform Snapchat. At the end of the week, participants received a surprise memory test for the contents of the diaries. We observed significantly superior recall for memories encoded on the Snapchat days, demonstrating memory facilitation despite memory type equivalency across the posting and no posting conditions. The study is the first to examine the effect of Snapchat use on autobiographical memory, with the findings supporting previous work showing that posting on social media facilitates memory. Given the ephemerality of Snapchat posts, the reported improvement in memory contradicts the notion that cognitive offloading occurs automatically when posting memories online.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/35467/
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