Algorithmic Personalization and Digital Addiction:
A Field Experiment on Douyin
主讲人:高 彧 北京大学光华管理学院副教授
主持人:殷云露 复旦大学管理学院副教授
时间:2025年6月10日(周二)13:30-15:00
地点:思源教授楼624室
Abstract:
We conducted a field experiment to investigate the impact of deactivating personalized recommendation algorithms or abstaining from Douyin (the Chinese version of TikTok) on users’ screen time and well-being. We found that deactivating algorithms can not only reduce Douyin use during the intervention, but also induce a lasting effect post-intervention. Further analysis indicates that deactivating personalized content did not induce any negative effect on subjective wellbeing and cognitive skills, while abstaining from Douyin led to a significant decline in Raven scores. In alignment with an adjusted habit formation model, these results highlight the effectiveness of disabling personalized algorithms as a strategy to combat digital addiction.
Bio:
高彧现为光华管理学院应用经济系副教授。她于2017年毕业于荷兰伊拉斯姆斯大学(Erasmus University),专业为行为经济学。她目前主要从事决策理论,风险与不确定性,跨期选择下的行为研究,并且应用行为与决策理论,以实验室与实地实验为工具,研究个体行为,如社交媒体使用、养老金发放,可持续发展与气候变化等公共议题。她的研究成果发表在American Economic Review, Management Science, Nature Energy,《经济研究》等国内外权威学术期刊上。
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