Abstract
Ephemeral media allow for sending content in a format that deletes the content after it was accessed it - a phenomenon known as the ”burn after reading” principle. This study investigates whether awareness of the burn after read principle results in improved recognition memory. Participants were presented with pictures using an ephemeral media application versus a default application. It showed that awareness of this burn after read principle caused higher accuracy in recognition memory and longer viewing time.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | ECCE 2019 : 31st European Conference on Cognitive Ergonomics : 'Design for Cognition' : Ulster University, Belfast : 10–13 September 2019 |
| Editors | Maurice Mulvenna, Raymond Bond |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
| Pages | 81-84 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1-4503-7166-7 |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Keywords
- Ephemerality
- burn after read principle
- persistence
- picture recognition
- social media