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A systematic review and meta-analysis of discrepancies between logged and self-reported digital media use
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There is widespread public and academic interest in understanding the uses and effects of digital media. Scholars primarily use self-report measures of the quantity or duration of media use as proxies for more objective measures, but the validity of these self-reports remains unclear. Advancements in data collection techniques have produced a collection of studies indexing both self-reported and log-based measures. To assess the alignment between these measures, we conducted a pre-registered meta-analysis of this research. Based on 106 effect sizes, we found that self-reported media use correlates only moderately with logged measurements, that self-reports were rarely an accurate reflection of logged media use and that measures of problematic media use show an even weaker association with usage logs. These findings raise concerns about the validity of findings relying solely on self-reported measures of media use.
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“However, although log-based measures are often seen as the gold standard, they have their own validity threats, such as technical errors and the erroneous tracing of SM apps running in the background when the screen is turned off [42,43].”
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“Despite these encouraging findings, the uMARS is a self-report measure, which according to a recent meta-analysis (Parry et al., 2021) may not be a reliable indicator of actual usage.”
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“It was recently suggested that that device-based measures can provide a more accurate assessment of social media use than self-reported tools (Parry et al., 2021;Sewall et al., 2022).”
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“Indeed, self-report measures of time spent with SM correlate only moderately with similar log-based measures [42,43].”
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“a recent systematic review has evidenced that the correspondence between self-reported and logged social media use is far from perfect (Parry et al., 2021).”
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“A recent meta-analysis has found that self-reported media use correlates only moderately with logged measurements and that self-reports are a somewhat inaccurate reflection of logged (true) media use76.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Parry, D. A., Davidson, B. I., Sewall, C. J. R., Fisher, J. T., Mieczkowski, H., & Quintana, D. S.
- Affiliations
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Stanford University (US)
- Oslo University Hospital (NO)
- Corresponding author
- Parry, Douglas A.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Nature Human Behaviour
- Published
- 2021-05-17
- Volume
- 5
- Issue
- 11
- Pages
- 1535-1547
- ISSN
- 2397-3374 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3162414724
- Semantic Scholar
- da0492d6a38ad15f97a61ede4cdb7cfa4d655571
- Cited by
- 793
- References
- 108
- Citations by year
- 2026: 152 · 2025: 150 · 2024: 145 · 2023: 165 · 2022: 117 · 2021: 56
- FWCI
- 23.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Nature Human Behaviour (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- VU Research Portal (publishedVersion)
- Pure (University of Bath) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- PsyArXiv (OSF Preprints) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Social Sciences › Education › Child Development and Digital Technology
- Social Sciences › Communication › Media and Digital Communication
- Keywords
- digital media use, usage logs, measurement validity, self-report accuracy, problematic media use, self-assessment bias
- MeSH terms
- Screen Time, Humans, Reproducibility of Results, Self Report, Social Media
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