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- There is significant interest in how digital media affects users, but the accuracy of self-reported media usage is questionable.
- A meta-analysis of 106 studies revealed that self-reported media use only moderately aligns with actual usage logs, indicating a lack of reliability.
- The weak correlation between self-reports and logged data raises concerns about research findings that depend solely on self-reported measures of media consumption.
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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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