Asking people what they remember vs. observing what they actually do
Last week, Boys & Men Online co-hosted a webinar with the Psychology of Technology Inst. to bring together researchers using new tools to study digital interactions.
Many of the most important questions about technology—from sports betting and pornography to social media and AI companions—cannot be answered through recall surveys alone. People often misremember what they do online and struggle to reconstruct the context surrounding their digital behavior.
The five featured researchers share how they combine behavioral data, AI tools, and real-time surveys to study how digital technologies…
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