The chapter delves into an experiment analyzing participants’ willingness to deactivate their social media accounts and the implications for social media addiction. It explores declared preferences versus actual actions, revealing interesting insights on social media usage and market dynamics.
Economists have discovered an odd phenomenon: many people who use social media (even you, maybe?) wish it didn’t exist. But that doesn’t mean they can escape.
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