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How taking photos increases enjoyment of experiences
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Experiences are vital to the lives and well-being of people; hence, understanding the factors that amplify or dampen enjoyment of experiences is important. One such factor is photo-taking, which has gone unexamined by prior research even as it has become ubiquitous. We identify engagement as a relevant process that influences whether photo-taking will increase or decrease enjoyment. Across 3 field and 6 lab experiments, we find that taking photos enhances enjoyment of positive experiences across a range of contexts and methodologies. This occurs when photo-taking increases engagement with the experience, which is less likely when the experience itself is already highly engaging, or when photo-taking interferes with the experience. As further evidence of an engagement-based process, we show that photo-taking directs greater visual attention to aspects of the experience one may want to photograph. Lastly, we also find that this greater engagement due to photo-taking results in worse evaluations of negative experiences. (PsycINFO Database Record
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“Regarding the latter, it has been demonstrated that taking photos can increase the enjoyment of an event but less likely so when the photo-taking creates interference or the event is already highly enjoyable (Diehl et al., 2016;Nardini et al, 2019).”
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“Specifically, when taking photos increases experiential engagement, it can enhance enjoyment [49], but taking photos with the intention of sharing them can increase self-presentation concerns and thus decrease experiential engagement and subsequent enjoyment [50].”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Diehl, K., Zauberman, G., & Barasch, A.
- Affiliations
- University of Southern California (US)
- Yale University (US)
- University of Pennsylvania (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology
- Published
- 2016-08
- Volume
- 111
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 119-140
- ISSN
- 0022-3514 (ISSN-L)
- 1939-1315
- OpenAlex
- W2470314431
- Cited by
- 155
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 15 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 17 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 23 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 13 · 2016: 2
- FWCI
- 20.80
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- papers.ssrn.com
- Locations
- Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- SSRN Electronic Journal (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Marketing Science Institute
- Baker
- Ackoff
- The Wharton School
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Human-Computer Interaction › Innovative Human-Technology Interaction
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Flow Experience in Various Fields
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management › Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Keywords
- photo-taking, engagement, positive experiences, negative experiences, visual attention, experience evaluation, well-being
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Attention, Female, Humans, Male, Photography, Visual Perception, Young Adult, Pleasure
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