A new study shows that frequely switching between online videos, especially on platforms like TikTok and YouTube, can lead to a significa increase in feelings of boredom. This research establishes a direct relationship between boredom and people’s atteion and shows that the coinuous change of video coe, instead of increasing enjoyme, leads to a decrease in ieraction and, as a result, iensification of the feeling of meal fatigue.
The results of this research are consiste with the findings of previous studies. Previous research has shown that while using social media and smartphones can be seen as a way to reduce feelings of boredom, in the long term, this behavior can actually exacerbate the feeling.
In this study, researchers conducted seven experimes with the participation of more than 1,200 people. The results of these experimes showed that participas tended to switch between videos more when they rated the video coe as more boring. Also, the study found that, corary to popular belief, being able to switch between videos or look for more ieresting parts of a video not only doesn’t reduce boredom, it can actually exacerbate the feeling.
The researchers found that participas who were allowed to freely switch between differe videos reported feeling more bored than those who were restricted to watching one long video. These findings show that freque switching between videos, instead of increasing enjoyme, leads to a decrease in conceration and, as a result, an increase in the feeling of meal fatigue. However, the results of this study showed that other factors such as age and media habits can also influence the effect of switching between videos on the feeling of boredom.
Overall, the results of this research show that to have an enjoyable video watching experience, it is better to focus on one video and enjoy it instead of constaly switching between videos. This helps us to manage our atteion better and avoid meal fatigue.
