@inbook{b572b07c51df43d1b2b3d6bd9501b2f4,
title = "'I Just Want to Hack Myself to Not Get Distracted': Evaluating Design Interventions for Self-Control on Facebook",
abstract = "Beyond being the world's largest social network, Facebook is for many also one of its greatest sources of digital distraction. For students, problematic use has been associated with negative effects on academic achievement and general wellbeing. To understand what strategies could help users regain control, we investigated how simple interventions to the Facebook UI affect behaviour and perceived control. We assigned 58 university students to one of three interventions: goal reminders, removed newsfeed, or white background (control). We logged use for 6 weeks, applied interventions in the middle weeks, and administered fortnightly surveys. Both goal reminders and removed newsfeed helped participants stay on task and avoid distraction. However, goal reminders were often annoying, and removing the newsfeed made some fear missing out on information. Our findings point to future interventions such as controls for adjusting types and amount of available information, and flexible blocking which matches individual definitions of 'distraction'.",
keywords = "addiction, distraction, facebook, focus, ict non-use, interruptions, problematic use, self-control",
author = "Ulrik Lyngs and Kai Lukoff and Petr Slovak and William Seymour and Helena Webb and Marina Jirotka and Jun Zhao and {Van Kleek}, Max and Nigel Shadbolt",
year = "2020",
month = apr,
day = "21",
doi = "10.1145/3313831.3376672",
language = "English",
series = "Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings",
publisher = "Association for Computing Machinery",
booktitle = "CHI 2020 - Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems",
note = "2020 ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2020 ; Conference date: 25-04-2020 Through 30-04-2020",
}