The Accuracy of Self-Reported Internet Use—A Validation Study Using Client Log Data

By Michael Scharkow. 2016

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Subfields: Communication, Information Systems and Management, Sociology and Political Science

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A systematic review and meta-analysis of discrepancies between logged and self-reported digital media use (2021, methodology): “Comparisons between digital trace data of Internet use and self-reported use have indicated similarly moderate correlations 5 .”
Measuring Engagement in eHealth and mHealth Behavior Change Interventions: Viewpoint of Methodologies (2018, background): “Perski’s items and the purpose-built item used by other researchers usually have reasonable face-validity (eg, “how many times per week did you use the app?”) but might lead to over- or underreporting depending on how items are phrased [48,49].”
The Reliability and Temporal Stability of Self-reported Media Exposure: A Meta-analysis (2019, methodology): “…Coromina & Saris, 2009; Goldman, Mutz, & Dilliplane, 2013; Prior, 2013) or, more recently, on the accuracy and validity of self-reports compared to passive measures (Araujo, Wonneberger, Neijens, & Vreese, 2017; LaCour & Vavreck, 2014; Prior, 2009; Scharkow, 2016; Wonneberger & Irazoqui, 2017).”
The Accuracy and Validity of Self-Reported Social Media Use Measures Among Adolescents (2021, methodology): “After all, inaccurate and invalid self-report measures of social media use can lead to inaccurate estimations of (social) media effects (Scharkow, 2016).”
Are Social Media Ruining Our Lives? A Review of Meta-Analytic Evidence (2019, background): “However, the validity of self-reported technology use seems to be rather limited because many respondents are unable to accurately estimate their time use (Araujo, Wonneberger, Neijens, & de Vreese, 2017; Junco, 2013; Scharkow, 2016).”