ArticleBehavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Losing Track of Time on TikTok? An Experimental Study of Short Video Users' Time Distortion.
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- AI-Generated Content Disclosure and Prolonged Short-Video Engagement: A Heuristic-Systematic Risk-Trust Model Among Late-Adolescent and Emerging-Adult TikTok Users.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Perceived Time Spent on TikTok, Overall User Satisfaction, and Parallel Psychological Costs.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- How do core personality traits influence short video dependence among Chinese college students? Evidence from a serial mediation analysis under the I-PACE model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- When time slows down: temporal distortion and addictive social media use.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
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Short videos' increasing popularity and increased user engagement have sparked concerns about time perception. While studies have linked gaming or watching TV series to time loss, research on short videos' temporal impact is scarce. This study aims to investigate the impact of short video use on time distortion (including perceptions of time for experimental tasks and weekly usage) through an experimental design. Fifty-six college students were randomly assigned to two time duration conditions (long-duration for 16 min 9 s or short-duration for 5 min 23 s). Participants in both conditions were instructed to watch short videos and read public articles for the same duration and then estimate the time duration of the tasks. Subsequently, participants completed a questionnaire about their estimated and actual weekly short video use and problematic short watching levels. The results showed that the impact of task duration on time perception was significant. Task type had no significant impact on time perception, with no notable difference in time estimation between conditions involving watching short videos and reading. The interaction between time duration and task type was not significant. Additionally, problematic short video watching and the estimated weekly short video use were not significantly related to time distortion. This study contributes to empirical research on time distortion while watching short videos, providing insights for expanding theoretical models of addictive behaviors and interventions for problematic short video use.
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