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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Robert RosenbergerRobert Rosenberger, a professor in the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Public Policy, was recently referenced in a CNET article entitled “How Facebook and Instagram Became as Addictive as Painkillers.”
Read an excerpt here:
When it comes to apps and social media platforms, the habit forms less around what we see, and more around the anticipation of what we could potentially experience when we check our smartphones or open an app.
The motivation element comes when the smartphone vibrates. You might feel a spark of excitement. Did someone like your photo? Do you have a new message or follower?
In fact, we're so fixated on our devices that we feel them buzz or hear them ring when they're not. About 90 percent of smartphone users have experienced Phantom Vibration Syndrome, according to findings from Dr. Robert Rosenberger at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
The Georgia Tech School of Public Policy is a unit of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.
