The Impact of Shallow Reading in Social Media

NCT05097807 | Unknown DMC

• 1 other identifier: 202103129
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 300
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

Social media is pervasively used in our life. There is a research hypothesis that the information in social media is "shallow" and the long-term use of it will cause readers' addiction, insomnia, and inability to pay attention, thus reducing the efficiency of learning and working. However, there is no systematic study on the relationship between "shallow reading" in social media and attention, addiction, sleep quality, and other mental health. Therefore, the investigators intend to explore the effect of "shallow reading" in social media on mental health based on about 300 healthy subjects by conducting questionnaire, cognitive scale assessment, multi-mode MRI scanning and EEG monitoring. A cross-sectional study will be combined with a longitudinal study to explore the clinical characteristics its relationship to brain function.

Conditions

Social Media; Mental Health Disorder; Brain Imaging

Keywords

Social Media; Shallow reading; multimodal MRI; Brain network

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Dynamic change of sustained attention from baseline state to after 2 hours of social media use

  Continuous performance test (CPT) will be used to assess the difference of sustained attention before and after social media use. minimum: 0 maximum values: 1 Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  Baseline state and after 2 hours

• Dynamic change of selective attention from baseline state to after 2 hours of social media use

  Stroop color word test (SCWT) will be used to assess the difference of selective attention before and after social media use. minimum: 0 maximum values: 1 Higher scores mean a better outcome.

  Baseline state and after 2 hours

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Cerebral blood flow changes from baseline state to after 2 hours of social media use

  Baseline state and after 2 hours

• Brain functional connectivity changes from baseline state to after 2 hours of social media use

  Baseline state and after 2 hours

Study Arms (4)

The impact of word-picture-based shallow reading in social media

EXPERIMENTAL

Use Microblog on their smartphone, a word-picture-based social media service similar to twitter.

Behavioral: smartphone related behaviors

The impact of short video-based shallow reading in social media

EXPERIMENTAL

Use Tiktok on their smartphone, a short video-based social media service.

Behavioral: smartphone related behaviors

The impact of full-length sci-fi novel reading

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Read a full-length sci-fi novel (Three body) on their own smartphone.

Behavioral: smartphone related behaviors

The impact of film/TV series

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Watch a film on their own smartphone.

Behavioral: smartphone related behaviors

Interventions

smartphone related behaviors BEHAVIORAL

Participants are required to watch specific contents on their own smartphones.

The impact of film/TV series; The impact of full-length sci-fi novel reading; The impact of short video-based shallow reading in social media; The impact of word-picture-based shallow reading in social media

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Health volunteers
• Capable to use smartphone

You may not qualify if:

• Participants with a BMI greater than 30 or less than 18.5
• Any use of cigarettes or alcohol
• Color blindness
• Left-handedness
• With mental or psychiatric disorders
• With cognitive impairment
• Has a history of brain trauma
• Has a family history of psychiatric disorders

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Tang-Du Hospital: lead

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Bo Hu, MD

  Department of Radiology, Fourth Military Medical University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• YuTing Li, MD

  Department of Radiology, Fourth Military Medical University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• JingTing Sun, MD

  Department of Radiology, Fourth Military Medical University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• YuXuan Shang, MD

  Department of Radiology, Fourth Military Medical University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Guangbin Cui, MD & PhD

CONTACT

86-29-84777863; cuigbtd@fmmu.edu.cn

Wen Wang, MD & PhD

CONTACT

86-29-84778689; wangwen@fmmu.edu.cn

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: CARE PROVIDER, INVESTIGATOR
• Masking Details: Participants know their intervention because they are informed to use their smartphone as expected.
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director of radiology

Model Details: Four parallel group, each with a different intervention, of which two are shallow reading in social media (different type), the other two are common use of smartphone.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 26, 2021
• First Posted: October 28, 2021
• Study Start: October 1, 2022
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2023
• Study Completion: June 1, 2024
• Last Updated: October 31, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-10

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: All data will be open for other researchers after 5 years from the completion of data recruitment.
• Access Criteria: Personal communication