Facebook usage patterns looking into the mind via the ICAP engagement framework

Conley Q., Sadauskas J., Christopherson R., Lin L., ILGAZ H., Seto C., ...More

BEHAVIOUR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, vol.42, no.5, pp.514-526, 2023 (SCI-Expanded, SSCI, Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 42 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2023
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/0144929x.2021.2024597
  • Journal Name: BEHAVIOUR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, FRANCIS, Aerospace Database, Applied Science & Technology Source, Business Source Elite, Business Source Premier, CINAHL, Communication & Mass Media Index, Communication Abstracts, Compendex, Computer & Applied Sciences, Educational research abstracts (ERA), INSPEC, Library and Information Science Abstracts, Metadex, Psycinfo, Civil Engineering Abstracts, Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA)
  • Page Numbers: pp.514-526
  • Keywords: Social media, informal learning, Facebook, BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES, STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, SCHOOL, SELF, ACHIEVEMENT, USABILITY, EEG
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

This study aimed to establish an accurate baseline for Facebook usage and to investigate its learning potential via biometric perspective. This was explored by asking college students to browse their own Facebook page and peruse the content while wearing a high-fidelity EEG headset to record brainwave activity they experienced. Their actions were then coded using the empirically based Interactive-Constructive-Active-Passive (ICAP) engagement model to identify elements that could potentially be leveraged for learning. Based on these results, Facebook does not seem to make an ideal learning platform, due to higher frustration levels during higher cognitive tasks compared to passively consuming personally relevant non-instructional content. However, it may have more positive impacts on learning as long as initial frustration level is transformed smoothly to engagement and motivation for some learning opportunities and activities.