Researchers using self-report data . . .

A great example of one the more common media sins - relying on research dependent on self-reported data.

New research shows that the fear of smart phones and social media was built on a castle made of sand. Turns out almost all of previous research never bothered to validate their assessments of smart phone use - and that appears to have been a HUGE mistake. (.....) pic.twitter.com/1ETRiuRM9J

— Patrick Markey (@patmarkey) November 27, 2018

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Almost all research examining the harmful effects of social media (SM) have used self-reports of SM. But, new research has found, such self-reports are hardly related to actual SM use. In fact, the average correlation between self and actual is about .20 .....