(Off.)Time

How often do you think you use your mobile phone every day? 10 times, 30 times, 80 times or even over 100 times?
And what about when you're out and about with friends?
Why don't you take some time out more often? One of the things we would like to do on this website is to make you aware of the need to put your mobile phone aside more often and use it more consciously.

The (Aus.)Zeit is a cooperation between the Student Health Management and the University's Social Media Team.

of you are on your mobile phone between 4 and 6 hours a day (N=706)
Date: June 2024
On a scale of 0 - 10, it bothers you when friends use their mobile phones in social interaction (e.g. when talking or eating) 0 = not at all 10 = bothers me a lot (N=105)
Date: June 2024

Re­view (out.)time 2024

What was on In­sta?

How much screen time do you have? How much the Prof's?

to the Insta-Stories

Want to check your own screen time?

Apple: Settings --> Screen Time Android: Settings --> Digital Wellbeing (or also Digital Wellbeing / Digital Balance)

How can I avoid be­ing over­whelmed by so­cial me­dia?

Our presentation partners from extrazwei have summarised for you how not to be overwhelmed by social media

to the blog post

You can find more stud­ies that prove the mere ef­fect of smart­phone pres­ence on con­cen­tra­tion here:

Liebherr, M., Schubert, P., Antons, S., Montag, C. & Brand, M. Smartphones and attention, curse or blessing?-A review on the effects of smartphone usage on attention, inhibition, and working memory. Comput. Hum. Behav. 1, 1-8 (2020).

Thornton, B., Faires, A., Robbins, M. & Rollins, E. The mere presence of a cell phone may be distracting. Implications for attention and task performance. Soc. Psychol. 45, 479-488 (2014).

Thornton, B., Faires, A., Robbins, M. & Rollins, E. The mere presence of a cell phone may be distracting. Implications for attention and task performance. Soc. Psychol. 45, 479-488 (2014).

 

The negative influence of the mere presence of a smartphone on social interactions has also been demonstrated:

Przybylski, A.K. & Weinstein, N. Can you connect with me now? How the presence of mobile communication technology influences face-to-face conversation quality. J. Soc. Pers. Relat. 30, 237-246 (2013).

Ward, A. F., Duke, K., Gneezy, A. & Boos, M. W. Brain drain: The mere presence of one's own smartphone reduces available cognitive capacity. J. Assoc. Consum. Res. 2, 140-154 (2017).

Ito, M. & Kawahara, J. I. Effect of the presence of a mobile phone during a spatial visual search. Jpn. Psychol. Res. 59, 188-198 (2017).

Tanil, C. T. & Yong, M. H. Mobile phones: The effect of its presence on learning and memory. PLoS ONE 15, e0219233. https:// doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0219233 (2020).

Canale, N. et al. Emotion-related impulsivity moderates the cognitive interference effect of smartphone availability on working memory. Sci. Rep. 9, 18519. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-54911-7 (2019).