Might Documenting The Moment Reduce The Enjoyment?
It's estimated that we check our phones at least once every 12 minutes, almost 100 times every day.
New research suggests that filming those special moments in our lives that we so often do today on our phones might actually take away enjoyment from the activity.
Previous studies have also found that many people feel that mobile phones should be prohibited at live music events because the filming and photography takes away from the experience and is heavily distracting. Various entertainment venues have already decided to introduce their own restrictions regarding the use of mobile phones and other devices. Some artists have also taken it upon themselves to ask their fans not to record their performances as well and upload them online.
Researchers from the United States recently decided to further investigate the impact of recording the event rather than simply watching; how might it reduce the overall enjoyment any?
Other participants had been asked to directly partake in experiences and then decide whether or not they had enjoyed it while either taking pictures or embracing the moment instead with the camera down.
The results from the study have been published in the journal Psychology and Marketing and the results suggest that stopping to take photos can easily distract from the moment and in-turn decrease the enjoyment overall.
For those who had watched an enjoyable video who didn't take any photos of the event they had reported that they had enjoyed themselves significantly more.
When we get too focused on documenting the moment then we might simply forget to enjoy all that it has to offer.
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Thanks for this great article! I wonder how this will shift as devices and tech become more seamlessly integrated with the physical body (i.e. retinal cameras black mirror style that are virtually unnoticeable)
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not in my body! lol
Or things that are overlaid onto the body like Google Glass, or clothing/watches that give you bio-feedback. Apart from the more intrusive implants which seem disturbing today but I somehow get the sense they'll be normalized a few decades from now...
@doitvoluntarily hello dear friend, thank you very much to share this report, I think there is something true in it. All my life I have filmed and captured family photography and it is true that you are always apart from the fun.
I wish you a great day